Republicans say they favor free markets. Yeah, right.

The whining over talking points like "unfairness", "winners and losers", "government overreach" over the littlest tiniest things they disagree with is only matched in intensity with the pure greed and vindictiveness when they become in power.

It's not surprising when considering that they were the first party to weed out moderates, and goaded on by Fox News and its uglier inbred AM radio cousins in all-or-nothing charades of breath holding and political brinksmanship.

I guess politics has always been driven by pure emotion, but the populist anger and straight up ransacking and pillaging by their leaders is pretty sad for people who remember Conservatism headed by William F. Buckley or even Reagan. They slapped on a big tent shrouded with intellectual underpinnings and a theme of enlightened despotism by society elites (aka job producing captains of industry). It created an image pre-90s where the Democrats before Clinton were a mob of big dreamers worked up by emotion from the realities of common Americans and the Republicans were practical doers who weren't necessarily concerned about the futures of others but were grounded enough to get things done.

Those oft mentioned, but thoroughly forgotten themes are now reasons in of itself. A pseudo-truth in a post-fact society where gut feelings and hunches are as strong an opinion as scientifically driven observations and data.

I want a smaller government too. Just because I'm not begging for a reach-around from big companies as my reward or my share doesn't mean I'm against improving the economy or uhh freedom.

But the way it's used now (smh Republican Congress) and has been used in the last two decades is nothing more than cynical lies to provoke their team believers into voting for the most contradictory and foot shooting policies that will never serve the intended interests of their voters.

Oh yeah, but look at corrupt Hillary. She does the same thing. yadda yadda sheep. yadda yadda I'm smrtr thn u.

 

Actually the billionaires who totally run the propaganda that totally control the GOP and are contesting for the total control of the Dems only like monopolies if you consider them "free" markets.

 

"Republicans say they favor free markets. Yeah, right"

Have you not seen the reaction from Republicans to this?

 

Not really. The President was chosen in a Republican primary and won the Presidency as a Republican. He has thus far received little opposition from the Republican controlled House and Republican controlled Senate. I have mostly heard Republicans defend anything that comes out of his mouth.

Republican politicians are not necessarily for free markets. They are for whatever gets them elected and know that as long as they blame Muslims, blacks, gays and embrace repressive social issues; they are golden.

So this mess is largely on Republicans. Fix it or pay the electoral consequences like the Democrats did in the 1980’s.

 

9-1-1 Operator "Hello, what is your emergency"
"we have a person who appears to have OD'd on Blue Kool Aid. Patient responds to any input with mumblings of 'evil Republicans'. Heartbeat seems normal, but cognitive abilities seem greatly diminished. Patient rejects any non blue Kool aid nourishment."

 

That hasn't been the case for much of what he's been putting forward, and certainly not the case for the tariffs. In fact, I can't recall off hand any Republican that came out in favor of it.

Yes, same as politicians everywhere.

This is where the distinction about Republicans being in favor of it. It may not even happen, or get rescinded or pulled back fairly quickly. In which case there is no mess.

Yes, this part is true, regardless of the above.

 

Free market, like the national debt, is something that they really care about with a Democratic President in office.

 

Reagan perfected the strategy. Run up huge deficits when they win the presidency so that when the Dems win they can boohoo about the deficit, so we cannot spend on health and human services, unless they have become privatized schemes owned by Repubs, but we must of course have more for frequent stupid wars.

 

This is all about Trump campaigning for 2020. Look at what states have steel mills.

Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania for example... those ring a bell from the election?