We can’t have it both ways, folks. We elected a president who was very much a populist, not a conservative — and who would probably sign half of the items in the Democrat Party’s platform from the 1970s into law.
Amen. But didn’t we say this during the campaign?
The tax bill is ok, and great in some respects ( business tax). It needs to be passed.
The people elected him, not the Chamber of Commerce. There’s nothing left to conserve, the baby boomers gave it all away.
Now it’s time for a strong does of pragmatic nationalism.
The sad fact of the matter is there just aren’t enough down-the-line Conservatives in this country to win elections anymore. Particularly on economic issues. The GOP did this largely by linking Free Trade to all of the other supply side issues. The voters have rejected Free Trade and are in the process of rejecting the rest.