Governing Challenges Quotes
See Dee Dee Myers’ Response {618820}
When President Trump was campainging for the Presidency he was constanly telling the voters how he was going to freform the tax system, and made it seem that it would be very easy if he had a Repuiblican Congress. He won and had the Republican Congress he wanted, but he was still having difficulty. The great difficulty for all leaders is that almost all Ameicans are in total agreement that the tax code is to comples and unfair. However, there is enourmous divergence and disparity about what should be done to make it fairer and less complex. What is a loophole for one taxpayer is a necessary accomodation to fairness and public policy for another. Every single suggested change produces people who are agisnt it, Sometimes it is a majority and other times a very passionate or rech and powerful mionority.
He does not mean that all of a president’s actions betray the principles and promises to the president’s political base. But there are inevitably, some issues where every president does this. The most popular president in American history--Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1882-1945, 32nd President of the United States (Democrat, NY)—was constantly being criticized by his most ardent supporters for not doing enough or allowing unfair situations to remain uncorrected. Racial discrimination—even in the armed forces—was one. Internment of Japanese American Citizens was another. Essentially the President’s election is partisan, but his governing must serve those who did not vote for him as well as those who expect his partisan loyalty.
He was the first Jewish White House Chief of Staff serving Ronald Reagan.
