In the midterms, what is the GOP going to run on?

[Chernosoth]

Getting a little bit into the nuts and bolts, the feds could start rolling back the regulations and laws that hurt local businesses and favor large corporations. Doing that now would be better than waiting for the corporations to die and leave nothing in their wake.

 

[pecksniff]

Getting a little bit into the nuts and bolts, the feds could start rolling back the regulations and laws that hurt local businesses and favor large corporations. Doing that now would be better than waiting for the corporations to die and leave nothing in their wake.

The value of small business is overrated. And the corporations are not going to die out in your lifetime or mine.

 

[ishtat]

That's not how it works.


if the Republicans are dull enough
to announce tax cuts,

the morning headlines read: Republicans Advocate Tax Cuts for the Rich.
In general, the American Public rarely reads past the headlines
and certainly does not dive into the nuts and bolts...

Firstly, the question was What will the GOP run on? not What they will do They could quite easily say they will reduce taxes for the poor, then renege when in office.

Media management is certainly an issue. Therefore, it would be stupid to announce the whole package up front. So first the party announces "Tax cuts" - but only for the poorest, low incomes, single parents, disabled, the rural and urban poor. Keep it general, twang the 'heartstrings' and the other party will be demanding more details beyond the motherhood statements. Only at the last minute should the GOP put a number on it. The objective would be to appeal to self interest, pull back the suburban moms who are struggling, and encourage the urban blacks/hispanics not to vote at all.

Then when power is won, dump the policy, and claim the other side has spent all the money- irresponsible idiots.

But the GOP will not do it, firstly because they are not smart enough, and secondly their candidates are so bad they could never stay 'on message.'

 

[pecksniff]

I just hope it doesn't sink to the level it did in 2018, when I saw one Pub candidate posing in front of a pump draining a swamp. I think he was holding a rifle, too.

What made it all the more ridiculous was that it was obvious that the water, having nowhere else to go, was only going to flow back into the swamp.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Why energy? There aren't any gas lines.

Checked gas prices lately?

 

[Chernosoth]

The value of small business is overrated. And the corporations are not going to die out in your lifetime or mine.

Beliefs like that are why the Dems and a hefty chunk of the GOP are dog food this year. Even your Amazon link shows how clueless you are, since Amazon is one of the worst corporate employers in the nation. Its employees and former employees won't be persuaded by links to their overlord.

 

[pecksniff]

Beliefs like that are why the Dems and a hefty chunk of the GOP are dog food this year. Even your Amazon link shows how clueless you are, since Amazon is one of the worst corporate employers in the nation. Its employees and former employees won't be persuaded by links to their overlord.

That does not mean Amazon or any corporation is going away. The corporate sector can survive anything short of a Communist revolution.

 

[The_Trouvere]

We have a low jobless rate. That's the measure of economic recovery voters care about.

Inflation is as about as high as it was forty years ago. Biden needs low unemployment and low inflation. President Clinton had it, but Biden does not, at least not yet.

 

[The_Trouvere]

I'm afraid you'll find "Control the border!" is not an issue that's going to gain traction with swing voters.

The most recent Gallup survey indicates that 31% of Americans want immigration levels to be decreased, 33% want immigration levels to increase, and 35% want immigration to remain at the present high level.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/1660/immigration.aspx

Restricting immigration is an issue that will bring the alt right to the polls, but it is not an issue that appeals to most Americans.

The Republican Party is conflicted on immigration The Republican Donor Class wants more immigrants. By competing for jobs, immigrants enable employers to hold the line on pay increases. By competing for places to live immigrants enable landlords to raise rents. Native born Americans have achieved zero population growth. The ultimate reason for the rise in housing costs is the rise in the U.S. population caused by immigrants.

 

[Chernosoth]

That does not mean Amazon or any corporation is going away. The corporate sector can survive anything short of a Communist revolution.

Corporate greed would be enough to end them as the smoking ruins of capitalism are swept away, but the more immediate cause is energy consumption. Amazon is particularly up shit creek with its model of driving a big van to each house to deliver little packages of mostly imports.

 

[The_Trouvere]

Black ghetto riots

If there is a long hot summer of black ghetto riots, and continued inflation I think the Republicans will do well next November.

I say that as a Democrat. I want no black ghetto riots, no inflation, and no Republican sweep next election.

 

[bellisarius]

If there is a long hot summer of black ghetto riots, and continued inflation I think the Republicans will do well next November.

I say that as a Democrat. I want no black ghetto riots, no inflation, and no Republican sweep next election.

You MAY get no riots.

 

[pecksniff]

Could we have some zoot suit riots?

 

[pecksniff]

Corporate greed would be enough to end them as the smoking ruins of capitalism are swept away, but the more immediate cause is energy consumption. Amazon is particularly up shit creek with its model of driving a big van to each house to deliver little packages of mostly imports.

What makes you think anything's about to happen to capitalism? Its death has been foretold several times over the past century, but it just keeps going.

 

[Chernosoth]

What makes you think anything's about to happen to capitalism? Its death has been foretold several times over the past century, but it just keeps going.

Capitalism and socialism both need growth to work. All growth eventually stops.

 

[bellisarius]

What makes you think anything's about to happen to capitalism? Its death has been foretold several times over the past century, but it just keeps going.

Capitalism and socialism both need growth to work. All growth eventually stops.

Exactly what are you engaged in when you buy, sell, or trade with a neighbor? Do you consult with the dictates to the government? Report the transaction to the IRS? Do you really think that any government dictat's will change the nature of how humans engage in trade with one another?

What government can do is provide the victim of fraud (lying and cheating) a means of recovery, or at least punishment of the perpetrator. To do more than that would mean that government would criminalize the basic nature of how individuals interact with one another.

 

[Chernosoth]

One of the necessary and inevitable steps is mostly cutting the laws, regulations, and ordinances that prohibit or impede side hustles, part-time careers, and affordable housing. Filing a tax return with multiple income sources can be an unpaid part-time job. Accessory dwelling units such as attic apartments and converted sheds were standard until communities passed ordinances to keep poor people out.

 

[pecksniff]

Capitalism and socialism both need growth to work. All growth eventually stops.

And then what? So long as the human race survives, we're going to have an economy in some form. Will we have feudalism? That system, at any rate, does not depend on growth.

 

[pecksniff]

Exactly what are you engaged in when you buy, sell, or trade with a neighbor?

Commerce, which is a very much older thing than capitalism.

 

[GothTalk]

Commerce, which is a very much older thing than capitalism.

Nope.... capitalism is just free commerce between consenting individuals or entities.

It's the freedom that upsets you and the other psycho control freaks so much about it.

 

[pecksniff]

Nope.... capitalism is just free commerce between consenting individuals or entities. it.

No, capitalism =/= commerce. Commerce can happen between primitive tribes. Capitalism requires a high enough level of development that "investment" has meaning.

 

[GothTalk]

No, capitalism =/= commerce.

Correct, it's FREE commerce.

an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capitalism

 

[Chernosoth]

And then what? So long as the human race survives, we're going to have an economy in some form. Will we have feudalism? That system, at any rate, does not depend on growth.

There probably will be a feudal period in the dark age between civilizations. The next civilization will do something else that may not have a label yet.

 

[Champakian]

Midterm elections are generally a referendum on the president and the party in power. Inflation, crime, energy, and border control are among the items on the ballot this fall that the GOP will win on.

This is where sane Democrats will step up and remind us,
the party in power always loses seats in the midterms.



However, Lit Dims are sadly lacking in the sanity skills...

 

[LongDraw]

This is where sane Democrats will step up and remind us,
the party in power always loses seats in the midterms.



However, Lit Dims are sadly lacking in the sanity skills...

Ha ha ha! Sane Democrats. You're so funny. Next you'll be telling us Ole Joe isn't senile