Posted on 11/17/2022 8:52:31 PM PST by SeekAndFind
After disappointing midterm election results for Republicans, many understandably pin blame on corrosive figures like former President Donald Trump. His losing record is impressive considering his cultlike persona appeal with MAGA voters. If Republicans finally learn to shed Trump and his ilk it will be a good thing. However, there's another looming issue for Republicans: their policy agenda (if this mishmash deserves such a name).
Let's face it: These last few elections weren't contests over conflicting policy visions. Instead, each party did little more than tell voters that they aren't as awful as the other party. Pointing that out is OK but doing so isn't a substantive agenda.
Republicans, for instance, were all about how Democrats created inflation and how inflation was terrible for the American people. But Republicans themselves offered no plan to tame inflation. Where are the GOP's plans to control spending? Such control is necessary at the very least for the government to meet its debt-servicing obligations—which are rising with interest rates—without fueling inflation further.
Meanwhile, Democrats have spent the last campaign freaking people out that Republicans will cut Social Security. Whether that's true or not, Americans should be worried about the Democrats' do-nothing policy. Indeed, under the current policy, the Social Security trust fund runs dry by 2034 and benefits will be automatically cut by at least 25 percent, leaving little room to shelter the most vulnerable seniors who truly depend on it for most of their retirement income. This inevitable scenario will happen even sooner now that inflation has jacked up benefits. In practice, by doing nothing, Democrats too want to cut benefits.
Yet you didn't hear the Republicans make that point during the campaign. Nor did they make the case for reforming the program before its impending insolvency.
(Excerpt) Read more at reason.com ...
The Republicans can grow the economy by getting back the billions of dollars the Democrats and RINOs gave to Ukraine.
“The Republicans can grow the economy by getting back the billions of dollars the Democrats and RINOs gave to Ukraine.”
That money is GONE!
I guess opening up oil and gas production to reverse inflation, thus allowing interest rates to fall and stimulating the business expansion and real wage growth that actually increases tax revenue, curbing runaway federal borrowing and pork-barrel spending, rolling back fascist regulations that smother enterprise, etc. wasn’t specific enough for dullards.
The only thing Repbublicans can do to grow the economy is adjourn and go home. But they won’t.
WTF kind of a turd world rag is this article from?
Stop sending money to Ukraine. Stop voting in favor of spending Bills...just stop everything they have been doing, and tell Democrats to go to hell. But they won’t.
RE: WTF kind of a turd world rag is this article from?
What is it about this article that you object to?
The site says: Founded in 1968, Reason is the nation’s leading libertarian magazine. Located in Los Angeles, Ca. I find it hard to believe that a libertarian site would be located in that rat hole.
45 IS the plan. He did it last time he’ll do it again.
Republicans in US congress need to figure out how to restore government to the enumerated powers very quickly. get Trump to understand what this means. If he doesn’t ever mention enumerated powers i will not vote for him.
68 was a long time ago. Reagan was the gov.
Plan To Grow the Economy?
Get government out of the way!
Cut regulations. Cut taxes.
Close entire Federal agencies and departments.
And just what can the republicans do when the democrats hold the Senate and the presidecy?!
I’m not entirely familiar with the magazine “Reason,” but I’ve come across some good articles there that bring attention to stories ignored by other outlets.
That’s how the libtards seized power : Trump bad even though everything was amazingly good.
Republicans need Trump. He knew how to do it. But no, can’t have Trump. He’s mean. /s
I have been waiting for hear from VERONIOQUE.
Who the heck is that?
RE: I’m not entirely familiar with the magazine “Reason,”
It has been in existence since 1968 with a circulation of over 50,000.
In fact, it was named one of the 50 best magazines in 2003 and 2004 by the Chicago Tribune.
RE: I have been waiting for hear from VERONIOQUE. Who the heck is that?
Read her bio here:
https://www.mercatus.org/scholars/veronique-de-rugy
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