YoursTruly
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What the two really are.
RINO came about back when most republicans were actually fiscal conservatives. Keeping a close watch on the debt. And helping the Fed ensure the value of the USD remain high and stable.
Then big spending Republicans like Reagan were getting elected, who didn't care much about the debt and USD value. These people were deemed RINO's by their conservative counterparts.
The RINO's continued to gain momentum because the debt increases and the over inflation of the USD were incremental. It didn't hurt so bad. The government pumping all that new money into the economy did make things look good for a while. And when inflation hit (from all the new money), the people and businesses were able to adjust.
None the less, the cycles continued until the value of the USD was in the crapper. Fast forward to today, $32 trillion in new money just since the 70's. Average wage of Americans is $20hr, gas $3.50 per gallon. Average houses costing $150,000+. And the worst part of it is millions of jobs have left this country because they simply couldn't afford to pay an average American wage and still compete. It's either make a crappy product and go out of business. Or outsource to China.
The acronym should be CINO. Conservative in name only. Because there's very few actual conservatives in the GOP now. But they all "identify" as conservatives. The media helps continue that lie.
In 1980, Trump & McCarthy would both be considered a RINO. And so would about 90% of our elected Republicans.
My congressman and both my Arkansas senators are CINO's.
RINO came about back when most republicans were actually fiscal conservatives. Keeping a close watch on the debt. And helping the Fed ensure the value of the USD remain high and stable.
Then big spending Republicans like Reagan were getting elected, who didn't care much about the debt and USD value. These people were deemed RINO's by their conservative counterparts.
The RINO's continued to gain momentum because the debt increases and the over inflation of the USD were incremental. It didn't hurt so bad. The government pumping all that new money into the economy did make things look good for a while. And when inflation hit (from all the new money), the people and businesses were able to adjust.
None the less, the cycles continued until the value of the USD was in the crapper. Fast forward to today, $32 trillion in new money just since the 70's. Average wage of Americans is $20hr, gas $3.50 per gallon. Average houses costing $150,000+. And the worst part of it is millions of jobs have left this country because they simply couldn't afford to pay an average American wage and still compete. It's either make a crappy product and go out of business. Or outsource to China.
The acronym should be CINO. Conservative in name only. Because there's very few actual conservatives in the GOP now. But they all "identify" as conservatives. The media helps continue that lie.
In 1980, Trump & McCarthy would both be considered a RINO. And so would about 90% of our elected Republicans.
My congressman and both my Arkansas senators are CINO's.
