The Republicans have less to gain now because the “cheap labor” aspect is irrelevant when businesses have no customers anyway.
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True, save for the globalist Republicans. Those who actually control the party, that is. I don’t think the decline and fall of Smalltown, USA matters much in that circle.
“I don’t think the decline and fall of Smalltown, USA matters much in that circle.”
Good point; both parties are watching it circle the drain. I remember the tough economy in the early 90s, and it was nothing like this; there is literally no end in sight as jobs are sent abroad while government spending continues to rise. Our birthrate is through the floor, and there isn’t much opportunity for “replacement Americans”, either.