I was taught during my history classes in high school and political science classes in college that history repeats itself.
During President Barack Obama’s administration, he negotiated with Republicans concerning two key issues: the Affordable Care Act and an economic stimulus program. He tried to achieve bipartisan support, considering that our country had narrowly missed a Great Depression and the unemployment rate was around 10%.
The result of his efforts was that zero Republicans in Congress voted for Obamacare and only three Republicans in the Senate voted for the economic stimulus.
President Biden is trying to negotiate with the Republicans for his infrastructure program. We shall see how that turns out.
My belief is that history will repeat itself.
Richard Dulemba
Washington Township, Westmoreland County