I unhappily agree with you.
The GOP better get on board, fast. Eliminate the Income Tax Amendment and go back to the original tax system, shrink the government, stop unfettered illegal immigration, cut back on environmental fascism and impossible regulations, and start standing up for American jobs and businesses rather than globalism.
Otherwise, the Democrats will promise it (but have no intention of delivering it) and murder the GOP at the ballot box. Hitlery will be President, and we'll all either be permanently screwed or forced back onto our last resort, the genuine purpose of the Second Amendment. Either way will be ugly beyond description!