The Republican Party must make bold policy changes to stop Garland and his fellow travelers.
Relying on Trump’s coattails will not be sufficient.
Trump is likely to be wearing NY Department of Corrections clothing in the months before voting.
Relying on traditional Republican campaign marketing will not be sufficient. The Democrats will happily buy the votes of college graduates at $10,000 to $20,000 each.
The issues younger people face must be addressed. Perhaps by limiting estate tax deductions to student loan payoff and UK-style housing association funding.
The issues older people face must be addressed.
The Republicans in Congress should try to send to the states a constitutional amendment that would cap middle class property taxation, such as:
Property tax on any residential property of less than 2799 square feet of finished space shall be no higher the 2019 dollar amount on the property, or for a newer or since resold property what a similar property in the same area would have been taxed at for 2019 if it lacked owner specific tax breaks, increased by 3% per calendar year since 2019 and by any percentage increase to its finished living space.
Fighting for such a property tax cap now in Congress would add the electors of several deep blue states to Trump’s total and make Congress turn deep red come November.
Even devoted Democratic voters do not want to get taxed out of their homes.
We also need to cap the ability of Democrats to buy votes by a middle-class income tax cap in the federal constitution.
Fighting for such a middle-class income tax cap now in Congress would add the electors of several deep blue states to Trump’s total and make Congress turn deep red come November.
[perhaps]
Federal income taxation shall be capped as follows, on personal income:
below the average yearly apartment rent in the District of Columbia, 10%,
below the median federal full-time civilian employee compensation amount, 22%,
below the average employee compensation of the 100,000 best paid federal full-time civilian employees, 30%,
below the average employee compensation of the 10,000 best paid federal full-time civilian employees, 40%.
[Note: All percentages to include employee FICA. They would not fully include self-employment tax, so people that pay SE tax might choose to voluntarily invest in the SS system or otherwise arrange for their own retirement funding.]
[Anything that the IRS would as of January 1, 2024 legally be able to collect income tax on if provided to any person would be considered compensation.]
Federalize property tax? Are you nuts?
All the states have to do is follow what California did in 1978: your property tax is set at 1% of the sale price and increases are capped at 2% per year. In our federalist Republic, the states are free to enact these measures on their own.