YoursTruly
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Used to be, the GOP voters supported small, limited government, that lives within it's means. A government that didn't meddle in the free market. They didn't care what people did in their business lives, as long as they weren't creating victims. And pretty much the same with peoples personal lives.
They wanted a government that kept the USD in check. They were OK with raising taxes a little, or letting the fed raise interest rates some, as long as it kept the USD value at a stable level. Enough so that their dollar had buying power. Because having a sound dollar, that was highly valued around the world, meant that US manufacturing could compete with foreign countries and companies. They could sell their products around the world, which would keep jobs here in the USA.
But in the last several decades, the Republicans have strayed from those conservative values, that made this country great to start with. Low taxes with so many deductions, artificially low interest rates and an over abundance of new money being dumped into the economy, has taken us to a place where the dollar ain't worth a dime. A $15hr job is practically a poverty wage. Every time the government dumps a bunch of money into the economy, the money that's in our pockets, within a couple of years, will be worth less and less. This is the cycle we've been in since at least Reagan.
The amount of goods we import is staggeringly higher than what we export. Outsourcing millions of jobs has become the norm. So much so that many industries have completely left the country.
So I ask you republicans. What do you want out of your Republican party? Because what we're getting now, with Trump, Johnson and 90% of the others, is nothing more than a "Kick the Can" party of fiscal irresponsibility. The GOP is no longer the party of fiscal conservatism. It no longer manages the USD value. When addressing issues like trade, you're only solution is to lower taxes and regulation. But that has almost nothing to do with why manufacturers leave the country to start with. 95% of the reason they leave is labor cost. And that's a direct result of the USD losing it's value from all the money they borrow and dump into the economy.
The only real solutions I see to fix the GOP to stop voting for Republicans all together. At least long enough to send the RNC a clear message that we're sick of Republicans campaigning on fiscal conservatism, but giving us the opposite.
And simply blaming the left isn't fixing the right. All that does it allows the GOP to continue doing what they have been doing. Which is pretty much the same thing the left have been doing. Screwing up this country and our currency.
Sometimes, when something gets so bad, you simply have to shut it down and rebuild it. That's where we are with the GOP. It's pistons are shot, rings & bearings are worn. Valves are tapping. It's on it's last leg. And the democrats, including the ones in the Republican party, are pulling away, leaving us in the dust. They're taking this party so far left of center, I don't think a lot of Republican voters even realize how far left the party has gone.
Seriously, the front runner for the next president has a record of spending $8 trillion in just 4 years. He's assaulted our 2A. He signed 12 CR's into law. He reauthorized FISA 702 (warrantless spying on Americans)<<<<<<< That's the Republican who's going to be the next president.
Can anyone reply to this without mentioning Biden or the democrats? Because this is solely about fixing the GOP. We all know the democrats are whack. We get it. But what's it going to take to fix the GOP?
They wanted a government that kept the USD in check. They were OK with raising taxes a little, or letting the fed raise interest rates some, as long as it kept the USD value at a stable level. Enough so that their dollar had buying power. Because having a sound dollar, that was highly valued around the world, meant that US manufacturing could compete with foreign countries and companies. They could sell their products around the world, which would keep jobs here in the USA.
But in the last several decades, the Republicans have strayed from those conservative values, that made this country great to start with. Low taxes with so many deductions, artificially low interest rates and an over abundance of new money being dumped into the economy, has taken us to a place where the dollar ain't worth a dime. A $15hr job is practically a poverty wage. Every time the government dumps a bunch of money into the economy, the money that's in our pockets, within a couple of years, will be worth less and less. This is the cycle we've been in since at least Reagan.
The amount of goods we import is staggeringly higher than what we export. Outsourcing millions of jobs has become the norm. So much so that many industries have completely left the country.
So I ask you republicans. What do you want out of your Republican party? Because what we're getting now, with Trump, Johnson and 90% of the others, is nothing more than a "Kick the Can" party of fiscal irresponsibility. The GOP is no longer the party of fiscal conservatism. It no longer manages the USD value. When addressing issues like trade, you're only solution is to lower taxes and regulation. But that has almost nothing to do with why manufacturers leave the country to start with. 95% of the reason they leave is labor cost. And that's a direct result of the USD losing it's value from all the money they borrow and dump into the economy.
The only real solutions I see to fix the GOP to stop voting for Republicans all together. At least long enough to send the RNC a clear message that we're sick of Republicans campaigning on fiscal conservatism, but giving us the opposite.
And simply blaming the left isn't fixing the right. All that does it allows the GOP to continue doing what they have been doing. Which is pretty much the same thing the left have been doing. Screwing up this country and our currency.
Sometimes, when something gets so bad, you simply have to shut it down and rebuild it. That's where we are with the GOP. It's pistons are shot, rings & bearings are worn. Valves are tapping. It's on it's last leg. And the democrats, including the ones in the Republican party, are pulling away, leaving us in the dust. They're taking this party so far left of center, I don't think a lot of Republican voters even realize how far left the party has gone.
Seriously, the front runner for the next president has a record of spending $8 trillion in just 4 years. He's assaulted our 2A. He signed 12 CR's into law. He reauthorized FISA 702 (warrantless spying on Americans)<<<<<<< That's the Republican who's going to be the next president.
Can anyone reply to this without mentioning Biden or the democrats? Because this is solely about fixing the GOP. We all know the democrats are whack. We get it. But what's it going to take to fix the GOP?
