Posted on 04/22/2018 9:37:27 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
In the latest “believe it or not” moment, farmers are experimenting with collars for cows equipped with GPS and electronic signaling that would eliminate the need for fencing and herding. American farmers spent $300 million last year on fencing. To policymakers concerned about the creation of jobs, did anyone see farm fencing falling to the veracious appetite of disruption?
The Republican Party, led by Donald Trump, is unabashedly lurching backwards. The tax bill was straight out of the supply side 1980s. The steel tariffs are from the Smoot-Hawley 1930s. Democrats are, understandably, mostly in opposition mode. But the world is relentlessly moving forward.
This gives Democrats a once-in-a-generation opportunity to seize the moment and become the party that prepares Americans to earn a good life in an economic future that is equal parts exciting and terrifying. How people fare will largely depend on the choices of policymakers.
*List of 'innovative' ideas follows at link*
The key to these initiatives, and many others, is that this era demands bold and modern thinking — tinkering with old, antiquated programs simply won’t cut it anymore. The world is moving forward; our charge is to make sure everyone has a place in it.
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“The tax bill was straight out of the supply side 1980s.”
As opposed to the Democrats tax plan, which is combination of 1960s Keynesism and 1920s Marxist-Leninism.
Like slavery reparations and gender fluidity?
The “Third Way” is Fascism.
They can call it whatever they want...
But it IS Fascism.
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