Comments by "annoyed aussie" (@annoyedaussie3942) on "President Donald Trump delivers speech at the 2020 RNC [FULL SPEECH]" video.

Look up the definition of King. I think you will find it really does apply to the US president. I am Australian and we are a constitutional monarchy under the Westminster system of government, no individual has as much power compared to your president. The government has ministers (secretaries) who come from the parliamentary pool of elected officials, a US president selects the entire government and has absolute discretion in doing so and can hire and fire as he wants. I consider the US system to really be elected absolute monarchy to a large extent. He has the power of Veto which actually gets used frequently, the governor general in Australia does too but I am unaware of it ever being used. It seems the powers of an Australian governor general are technically similar in many respects except nominating ministers, only putting a prime minister in power in the case of a deadlocked election where no party can gain power which has never occured because minor parties will always support one of the major parties in the case of no party getting a majority. I think the worst problem is the president controls the entire government that is selecting all the ministers and then if they don't do as he says he can just sack them. Too much power for any individual in my opinion. I actually voted for Australia to be a Republic with the current system in place , but if the system was to change to something similar to the US system , I'll keep the constitutional monarchy thanks.
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There are quite a few Bernie and Donald supporters for those who like trade protectionism and corporate subsidies or taxes on imports. Donald and Bernie have identical policies on this and the working class at the bottom end support it.
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@masterjesus1013 thanks mate, it's true less Australian tax dollars go on healthcare than you pay in the US. It's true Bernie goes beyond this and wants dental but the price you are paying now it probably should be included in a best practice system. I don't know if Australia is best practice on healthcare and suspect we are good but not that good. So go with normal socialism designed to help all or those in need but not the totally twisted socialism of the current US healthcare system.
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@dareptile2653 You seem to be wilfully ignorant. Trump is promoting what he calls operation warp speed, that is a socialist scheme by which the US intervenes in the market to help US companies produce a vaccine and a guaranteed market. So intervention at 2 points and arguably a good socialist idea. The US government pays a very high proportion of money for research in the medical field creating new drugs and other treatments, which every major country tends to do. More socialism. So it can be said that medical research is not free market at all, because governments around the world offer subsidies etc. otherwise those companies leave. The US doesn't even have a free market for agriculture, a socialist scheme was set up over 80 years ago, possibly a world first at the time , called the school lunch program designed to give farmers money and feed kids. Trump boasted about throwing money at farmers , he doesn't believe in the free market. The US regardless of party loves to subsidise small inefficient farms. If you look at government spending to GDP you will see the US spends about the same as Australia, New Zealand and UK. How is it that you consider us all crazy socialists when your government as a headline number spends the same amount. You can argue about which socialist policies are good or bad but right now your president is very happy to subsidise the Covid 19 response including subsidies for care, if you hate your current president for this that's entirely up to you, maybe a country that is in the midst of a civil war is suitable for you because you won't see these socialist programs you so despise. Send a letter to your president and tell him how much you hate his socialist policies and how you want no more medical subsidy and NIH and CDC should be abolished because it goes against your free market principles (which exist nowhere on the planet other than failed states).
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The only one I disagree is the Covid deaths. If things were done really well the US would still have thousands of deaths , say 5,000 to 10,000 given the difficulties dealing with state governments that's an absolute minimum. Your number will be correct in a week or 2 though so not all is lost.
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