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Re: If put forward, would you support this compromise revision of the Dream Act
Unless I'm misreading what you wrote, you offered zero alternative compromise....all you offered was an alternative. Specifically, you offered an alternative that just made it even more left leaning by actually expanding more on part of the bill that Republicans disliked while stripping away the one part they were somewhat okay with.
Lets say we need to eat dinner. I don't particularly want to go out, but you do. I say "fine, we can go out to eat, but it needs to be at an inexpensive restaurant". You going "Okay, cool, we can go out to eat....but let's go to Ruth's Chris" is not offering a compromise, it's taking something I already wasn't keen on doing (going out to eat) and then doing it in a way I asked not to do as part of the compromise (going to an inexpensive restaurant).
The original Dream Act, that was primarily championed by Democrats, was "Allow them Permanent Residency if they spend 2 years in the military or in college"
I offered up a compromise, agreeing to support the overall idea (allowing permanent residency) if the methods of doing it were more narrowly tailored (college removed). Then, as an additional compromise, a non-military "federal service" option was added with the peace corps.
Your supposed compromise actually removed the one part that was more palatable to republicans (military service), kept in the part they had issues with (the college part), and then even EXPANDED upon that by also expanding it to allow "having a job" to be one of the criteria as well.
That's not a compromise, that's throwing out the one part the other side was mildly okay with and actually adding MORE things they dislike. If you think that's a compromise then I stand by my point that it's illustrative of why "compromising" isn't working in modern politics.
Thank you for this enlightening bit of information. Not the note about negotiation, the indication you didn't bother to actually read the OP. This isn't supposed to be a "first proposal". This is a HYPOTHETICAL situation where negotiation HAD taken place based around the Dream Act, which itself has gone through multiple instances of negotiation, that resulted in the proposal I put forward in the OP being put to a vote.
If you think the OP was what I wanted, then you either didn't read and comprehend the OP or something has gone entirely over your head given the fact that it was described from the very onset as a COMPROMISED revision of the Dream Act. It wasn't meant to represent a starting point, but rather an alteration to the most recent "end point" of the Dream Act.
Basically all it's seeming like is you wanting to ignore the OP, ignore the premise of the thread, ignore the actual discussion, and just gripe about Republicans not wanting to compromise while you sit here yourself basically going "**** the compromise, the Dream Act needs to be even more liberal than it is or I wouldn't get behind it". :roll:
I clearly offered an alternative compromise, that's not just "poo pooing", is it?
Unless I'm misreading what you wrote, you offered zero alternative compromise....all you offered was an alternative. Specifically, you offered an alternative that just made it even more left leaning by actually expanding more on part of the bill that Republicans disliked while stripping away the one part they were somewhat okay with.
Lets say we need to eat dinner. I don't particularly want to go out, but you do. I say "fine, we can go out to eat, but it needs to be at an inexpensive restaurant". You going "Okay, cool, we can go out to eat....but let's go to Ruth's Chris" is not offering a compromise, it's taking something I already wasn't keen on doing (going out to eat) and then doing it in a way I asked not to do as part of the compromise (going to an inexpensive restaurant).
The original Dream Act, that was primarily championed by Democrats, was "Allow them Permanent Residency if they spend 2 years in the military or in college"
I offered up a compromise, agreeing to support the overall idea (allowing permanent residency) if the methods of doing it were more narrowly tailored (college removed). Then, as an additional compromise, a non-military "federal service" option was added with the peace corps.
Your supposed compromise actually removed the one part that was more palatable to republicans (military service), kept in the part they had issues with (the college part), and then even EXPANDED upon that by also expanding it to allow "having a job" to be one of the criteria as well.
That's not a compromise, that's throwing out the one part the other side was mildly okay with and actually adding MORE things they dislike. If you think that's a compromise then I stand by my point that it's illustrative of why "compromising" isn't working in modern politics.
Taking your "first proposal" as take-it-or-leave it, isn't really a negotiation.
Thank you for this enlightening bit of information. Not the note about negotiation, the indication you didn't bother to actually read the OP. This isn't supposed to be a "first proposal". This is a HYPOTHETICAL situation where negotiation HAD taken place based around the Dream Act, which itself has gone through multiple instances of negotiation, that resulted in the proposal I put forward in the OP being put to a vote.
If you think the OP was what I wanted, then you either didn't read and comprehend the OP or something has gone entirely over your head given the fact that it was described from the very onset as a COMPROMISED revision of the Dream Act. It wasn't meant to represent a starting point, but rather an alteration to the most recent "end point" of the Dream Act.
Basically all it's seeming like is you wanting to ignore the OP, ignore the premise of the thread, ignore the actual discussion, and just gripe about Republicans not wanting to compromise while you sit here yourself basically going "**** the compromise, the Dream Act needs to be even more liberal than it is or I wouldn't get behind it". :roll: