Posted on 08/01/2023 8:18:58 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
“Platitudes”, that’s the best word to describe what the DeSantis campaign previously claimed would be a substantive economic policy outline from the Florida governor. As the policy was unveiled in New Hampshire yesterday, I watched it all {Direct Rumble Link Here} to see what it would cover and how DeSantis would deliver it. Summary, major fail.
First, I must admit to coming to any economic policy outline as presented with a laser focus. You tell me you have an economic policy, and you have my full attention. Why? Because the economic policy of a federal candidate will ultimately determine monetary policy, fiscal policy and foreign policy. It is the only national policy we cannot affect from a local level, yet we are necessarily impacted by it and cannot avoid it.
MAGA starts with MAGAnomics. So, to say I get into the weeds on this, would be a soft understatement.
Unfortunately, but not unexpectedly, what Ron DeSantis outlined yesterday was a series of 10-point meaningless platitudes. If the UniParty policy teams of Pete Buttigieg and Kamala Harris got together over a weekend with Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy, they would create a think-tank-driven UniParty economic policy outline very similar to what Ron DeSantis presented yesterday.
Platitudes, soundbites and structurally incoherent gibberish – presented with a word assembly that amounts to nothing.
“We will declare our economic independence from the failed elites that have orchestrated American decline, from the reckless federal spending that has inflated prices and plunged this nation to the brink of bankruptcy.” ~ Ron DeSantis 7/31/23
Declare away doofus, you can declare all you want but it takes an actual set of targeted actions to move from declaration to outcome. Those same “failed elites that have orchestrated American decline” are the same people financing your run for office.
I’m sure somewhere in a Pete Buttigieg kind of way, that soundbite might have seemed like a good sentence; but in reality, it’s gibberish and parseltongue.
You can see the 10-point outline above. Generally speaking, when the ten points are outlined the speech and accompanying policy therein would describe exactly what action takes place in each of the points…. Nope, not for DeSantis it doesn’t. Instead, what DeSantis does in his policy framework is take each of the ten points and then describe what they mean.
DeSantis describes what is referenced by each of his ten points, he does not outline the specific action that takes place within them. That’s how you can tell when a think-tank puts meaningless platitudes into a format for a candidate to speak. In this instance the think tank is the stunningly typical Club for Growth, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the multinationals who are funding the DeSantis campaign operation.
Take point #1 as an example, dealing with China. Here’s the policy:
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“DeSantis will end our abusive relationship with China.” How? Doesn’t say.
“DeSantis will demand”…. How? Doesn’t say.
“DeSantis will incentivize”…. How? Doesn’t say.
See the problem?
The era of hopeful optimism that a Republican candidate will actually take an action to fulfill the policy “demand” is over. The rustbelt sits there, staring at any Republican politician who would dare say the Republican Party has protected Main Street from the vulture capitalism of Wall Street.
This DeSantis economic policy is an assembly of meaningless platitudes with no substantive action presented as policy to back up the intention. Worse still, not only is there no action outlined, but there’s also no action that could be outlined that is not against the interests of the very people who put the outline together.
The people constructing this language (for DeSantis to read) have no intent, thought or purpose of actually doing anything to act upon any of the economic issues. Within all of the remaining nine points it’s the same. It’s all meaningless gibberish.
Compare the DeSantis policy to the Trump policy. Here’s Trump’s “AGENDA 47” China plan:
♦ENDING RELIANCE ON CHINA: President Trump’s America First trade policy will completely eliminate U.S. dependence on China–the primary beneficiary of Democrats’ globalist agenda.
In addition to universal baseline tariffs on most foreign goods, President Trump’s plan will reclaim our economic independence from China. President Trump will revoke China’s Most Favored Nation trade status and adopt a 4-year plan to phase out all Chinese imports of essential goods—everything from electronics to steel to pharmaceuticals. This will include strong protections to ensure China cannot circumvent restrictions by passing goods through conduit countries.
President Trump will establish new rules to stop U.S. companies from investing in China and stop China from buying up America, allowing only those investments that serve American interests.
President Trump will ban federal contracts for any company that outsources to China. (link)
See the difference? The DeSantis campaign assembles talking points, while the Trump China plan is direct, specific and actionable.
The DeSantis economic plan is well described by this segment by Steve Bannon {Direct Rumble Link}:
Who is going to have the guts to simply say, “massively cut federal spending and shutter useless government agencies”? That’s the bullet point. Drill down on the detail and tell me how much less will be spent next year than this year and which agencies you’ll eliminate.
It’s pretty telling when you put “reign in reckless spending” all the way at the bottom as point 10 of 10. That’s where you put things on your “to do” list that you are really hoping you run out of time and never get around to doing.
Or “I will get the government out of your life and restore your freedom by shrinking the abusive, intrusive, overbearing, totalitarian government by 50%.”
Of course it does. His Donors are Rich Globalists.
LOL! You mean to tell me he didn’t get to all the fine-point, minute details of his economic policy in a single tweet? I’m SHOCKED! Clown.
Most Florida trades are state regulated.
Many have a period of prior service requirement for licensing.
Florida is a regulatory hellhole compared to New York State in the 1960s.
Our building regulations are massive.
“I will get the government out of your life and restore your freedom by shrinking the abusive, intrusive, overbearing, totalitarian government by 50%.”
Godzilla Jr.
“You mean to tell me he didn’t get to all the fine-point, minute details of his economic policy in a single tweet? I’m SHOCKED! Clown.”
Come debate time hard questions will be asked.
Solid, substantive answers need to be prepared ahead of time.
https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2017/05/08/be-prepared-scout-motto-origin/
Yeah, so why write an article about how his entire financial plan couldn’t be enumerated in one tweet? Could it be that this site is continuously spammed by users who post several articles a day from Trump-cult propaganda sites?
“It would take another law, passed by Congress, to revoke that state of affairs.”
Unless the president is Biden. Biden revoke Congressional legislation of immigration with executive orders.
Republicans don’t complain.
Trump loved printing and spending money, one of his many liberal attributes.
“Yeah, so why write an article about how his entire financial plan couldn’t be enumerated in one tweet?”
Perhaps:
My full plan details are at...
I like number 8.
Younkin is a much stronger candidate than DeSantis. He will announce as DeSantis drops out.
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