As the GOP Field Grows... and We Yawn
by: Les Carpenter
Rational Nation USA
Birthplace of Independent Conservatism
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Rick Perry. Another in a very long line of so called fiscal conservative republican candidates that promise to "take America back." Of course his candidacy will be packaged with the usual hyperbole, half truths, and pandering to the power brokers that control the parties agenda. Party politics as usual.
I'm thinking, right. Here we go again.
We are living in historic times. Not only are the dynamics of our nation changing, the dynamics of the whole wide world are changing as well. Perhaps this change requires a new brand of conservative/libertarian thinking.
So you ask, exactly what does the foregoing mean. Well for starters...
Perry is as unlikely to talk straight, and offer plausible solutions to the nations problems than are Bachmann, Palin, or Romney. As to be expected the republican candidates that are offering outside the box solutions, Paul and Johnson, have been marginalized by their own party.
That ALONE ought to tell us something.
Via: Memeorandum
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Rick Perry. Another in a very long line of so called fiscal conservative republican candidates that promise to "take America back." Of course his candidacy will be packaged with the usual hyperbole, half truths, and pandering to the power brokers that control the parties agenda. Party politics as usual.
I'm thinking, right. Here we go again.
We are living in historic times. Not only are the dynamics of our nation changing, the dynamics of the whole wide world are changing as well. Perhaps this change requires a new brand of conservative/libertarian thinking.
So you ask, exactly what does the foregoing mean. Well for starters...
- Thinking that is both conservative, yet outside the box
- Realizing that there is indeed room to significantly trim the MIC
- Accepting the tax code must be simplified
- Accepting government can no longer afford to subsidize businesses, they must stand on their own
- Being willing to make hard choices with respect to entitlement reform
- Understanding the "free market" needs some protection - That tariffs are not always bad
- Accepting the nation is in need of a cohesive coordinated economic and trade policy, one that benefits America as a whole and not just huge corporations, Wall Street, and predatory trading partners like China
- Recognizing that industrial trade unions are not the enemy of business but rather should be viewed as partners with mutual interests
- Realizing that the ever widening income gap in America is a recipe for unrest and eventual revolution
- Understanding that America must cease shipping jobs offshore and take the neccessary actions to make it happen
- Taking realistic and positive action to stop the flow of illegal aliens entering our nation - through all points of entry and reestablishing immigration quota's annually
Perry is as unlikely to talk straight, and offer plausible solutions to the nations problems than are Bachmann, Palin, or Romney. As to be expected the republican candidates that are offering outside the box solutions, Paul and Johnson, have been marginalized by their own party.
That ALONE ought to tell us something.
Via: Memeorandum
Saying you wouldn't kill Bin Laden and legal drugs for everybody are shaky beams to build a platform with.
ReplyDeleteOnly slightly tongue in cheek... Paul's statement that he would not have pulled the trigger on UBL shows the downside of sticking to one's principles.
Perhaps. But then again the problems you are referring to goes back many years. They stem to some degree from the policies put in place by prior administrations and business interests.
ReplyDeleteContinuing to pursue policies that ultimately hurt American interests and credibility long term is just another definition of insanity.
There is a better way, and the longer this nation {and the people who profess limited and principled government} waits to pursue different alternative to the MIC solution the harder it will be to resolve the problem.
That is of course unless we are prepared to level the entire middle east with our nuclear capabilities.
Isn't it time real conservatives and libertarians think outside the box. Along the lines of Rand's philosophy of objectivism?
That's not the "downside," Silver. That's actually how our enlightenment-era founders really thought.
ReplyDeleteThere are a few problems with Les' platform, but overall it's better than anything coming for the Dems or GOP.
First, we need to accept more poor immigrants. I know it sounds counter-intuitive and crazy, but we need to do it. They will be among the acheiving Americans of tomorrow.
We need to reduce the numbers of high-skilled immigrants by beefing up our education system and heavily subsidizing higher education for American engineers, doctors, teachers, scientists, and other such essential professionals.
We have no need to destroy the social safety net. We simply need to raise taxes commensurate with what we feel we really need - not a massive military empire, not a massive drug-police state, not for the interests of the corporatocracy.
JMJ
JMJ...
ReplyDelete1) We need not increase the flow of "poor" immigrants until after we get a handle on the flow of "poor" illegal immigrants and then establish quotas on a annualized basis. Your solution aggravates an already difficult problem.
2) We do not need the federal government increasing outlays for an educational system that demonstrably has worsened as we throw more money at the system. We need to restructure with accountability for teachers and administration. That an get rid of the touchy feely anything goes idiots that have made up much of the academia intelligentsia since the 19860's.
3) I agree we have no nend to destroy the social safety net currently in place. What we need to do is reform the social welfare system and significantly cut spending and duplicity in federal government outlays. Simplify the tax code closing loopholes and ending counterproductive subsidies. ad es we must end the foreign welfare and drastically reduce the MIC.
We have a spending problem fed by irrational decisions as to how to spend finite resources.
We do not ned to raise taxes unil after the above cuts re in place and then we can reaases revenue requirements.
Like the progressive you are JMJ your first thought is to raise taxes and soak the producers. The refrain is getting old. VERY OLD INDEED.
I don't like the way that certain candidates are being excluded from the debates, media, etc.; Gary Johnson, Fred Karger, Thaddeus McCotter, etc.. I mean, I know that they aren't polling very well but the need for new and bolder ideas (on BOTH sides) is such that I'd be more than happy to give them a listen or two.
ReplyDeleteLes,
ReplyDeleteThe simplistic, all-ideology-no-reality assertion that the wealthy are de facto the "producers" is what's getting old. It's a lie, it's not true, it's a falsehood, all evidence says it's wrong. When will you face that reality?
JMJ
JMJ - What is getting old my uber progressive nemesis is the hyperbole of the left that preaches by their actions as well as their utterances that success and wealth must be punished. That somehow those who do not take the risks and invest to build businesses and create jobs are somehow entitled to take from those who do.
ReplyDeleteIrrational, unethical, immoral, and ....
Be wherever you are most comfortable JMJ, you however will certainly not find me there with you.
Objectivity is certainly not your strong suite. ;)
"Saying you wouldn't kill Bin Laden and legal drugs for everybody are shaky beams to build a platform with."
ReplyDeleteJust what we need, more drug abuse. And more terrorists running around.
JMJ: It's true. There are exceptions, but by and large it is true. Most of the wealthy got to be that way because they are very good producers. All evidence says it is true.
Also, re:
ReplyDelete"Recognizing that industrial trade unions are not the enemy of business but rather should be viewed as partners with mutual interests"
They are definitely the enemies of workers, as they favor forcing workers to join them. Most workers are in unions today, not by choice, but by threat. Make membership voluntary, and only then will these unions become legitimate organizations.