# Given the White House and a supermajority in Congress + Supreme Court, what policies would you enact?

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**Created:** [September 18, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-the-white-house-and-a-supermajority-in-congress-supreme-court-what-policies-would-you-enact/1007445 "2024-09-18T21:34:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-the-white-house-and-a-supermajority-in-congress-supreme-court-what-policies-would-you-enact/1007445/81 "2024-09-21T19:52:20Z")

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> [@wolfpup](#):
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> Any rational examination of policies that the US can improve, on ways it can do better, must necessarily involve comparisons with countries that are economically and culturally similar.

No, in fact it doesnt. Nor is France- for example or Germany “culturally similar” .

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**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-the-white-house-and-a-supermajority-in-congress-supreme-court-what-policies-would-you-enact/1007445/82 "2024-09-21T20:11:17Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> the arts need government subsidies.

Art is a status symbol, for people with full bellies.

“A state-supported artist is an incompetent whore.”—Robert Heinlein.  
Heinlein had nothing against prostitution, but he despised incompetence.

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