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To: Will88
And those issues are immigration, trade and foreign policy. But, if there is a perfect, pure conservative position for each of those...

As near as I can tell, from what shows up in the "conservative" media, those conservative positions would be:

1) Immigration: Open borders are good. Cheap labor increases business profits.

2) Trade: Unlimited free trade is good. American businesses can buy from foreign companies, or set up their own manufacturing operations overseas and increase business profits.

3) Foreign policy: America need to be involved in conflicts all over the world. Businesses can make a lot of money with all that the government spends on blowing stuff up.

218 posted on 03/17/2016 4:10:47 PM PDT by Wissa (Gone Galt)
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To: Wissa
As near as I can tell, from what shows up in the "conservative" media, those conservative positions would be:

1) Immigration: Open borders are good. Cheap labor increases business profits.

2) Trade: Unlimited free trade is good. American businesses can buy from foreign companies, or set up their own manufacturing operations overseas and increase business profits.

3) Foreign policy: America need to be involved in conflicts all over the world. Businesses can make a lot of money with all that the government spends on blowing stuff up.

And, of course, probably half or more of people who consider themselves to be conservative disagree with those positions on immigration, trade and foreign policy. But that is what the GOP has backed over the years.

Actually, what many who call themselves conservatives and agree with those positions actually are, they're globalists when it comes to immigration, trade and foreign policy, but not many like that accurate label.

But it's pretty silly for the argument to go on and on about what candidate is and isn't conservative when the critical issues just don't fit neatly into those categories.

550 posted on 03/17/2016 6:36:56 PM PDT by Will88
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