No. of Recommendations: 5
Platner's candidacy is being elevated mostly because he holds the right positions on progressive economic issues and has more of a working-class biography than your typical consultant-set resume.Trump ran on populist economic issues too.
Most of us should be able to agree that hollowing out the US industrial base is bad. Most of us should be able to agree that phasing in domestic content requirements, or levying tariffs on specific countries to offset their lower production costs, to remove the incentive to offshore production, would be beneficial for USians.
But what did Trump do? Imposed tariffs in such a precipitate manner that it is impossible for manufacturers to adopt, causing massive dislocations and soaring prices for "We The People". Why did he do that? I suspect because he wants to turn the clock back to 1912, by taking in so much money from the tariffs, he can repeal the income tax. Of course, by the time manufacturers adopt to the high tariffs, so that tariff revenue falls, the IRS would be destroyed, and be so cost prohibitive to rebuild, the tariffs stay instead. Most of the people running for Gov of Michigan right now are saying they will repeal the state income tax, without a word about how they would compensate for the lost revenue, beyond Reagan's "waste, fraud, and abuse" nonsense.
Most of us should be able to agree that the border should be secure, and "JCs" that hire illegals should have their nuggets cut off...financially. What did Trump do? Send storm troopers into blue cities to terrorize the civilian population.
Over 40 years ago, the leader of the conservative wing of the GOP, Barry Goldwater, supported gays openly serving in the military. Goldwater, an Air Force Reserve Major General, said gays have the same stake in the country as straight people, so they should be able to participate in it's defense. What did Trump and Kegsbreath do? Make being gay a borderline crime.
fwiw, Tucker Carlson and MTG both announced today they are leaving the GOP, because the GOP is no longer serving the US. They aren't the first. I remember former GOP Florida Gov Charlie Crist leaving the GOP, because he refused to be a part of where the party was going.
Tucker Carlson says he won’t support Republican Party
“The poll numbers now tell a pretty clear story about it. I would not support the Republican Party, there’s no chance,” Carlson said during a recent appearance on the “Can’t Be Censored” podcast. “Not because I support the Democratic Party. I don’t know what I’m going to do.”
Carlson asked how any American “could support a political party that’s not loyal to the United States.” https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5934820-tucker-...Steve
