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The GOP used a Two Santa Clauses tactic to con America for nearly 40 years
Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 8:14 pm
by Doctor CamNC4Me
https://www.salon.com/2018/02/12/thom-h ... s_partner/
First, when Republicans control the federal government, and particularly the White House, spend money like a drunken sailor and run up the US debt as far and as fast as possible. This produces three results – it stimulates the economy thus making people think that the GOP can produce a good economy, it raises the debt dramatically, and it makes people think that Republicans are the “tax-cut Santa Claus.”
Second, when a Democrat is in the White House, scream about the national debt as loudly and frantically as possible, freaking out about how “our children will have to pay for it!” and “we have to cut spending to solve the crisis!” This will force the Democrats in power to cut their own social safety net programs, thus shooting their welfare-of-the-American-people Santa Claus.
We’re seeing this play out right now, and, as the article points out, has been playing out since the 80’s. The article is a quick read and worth a few minutes.
I’d much rather fund universal healthcare than a worldwide military. Frankly, I’ve been saying for years we need to right-size our military and probably take our hegemony down to the Western Hemisphere vis a vis a global strategy.
- Doc
Re: The GOP used a Two Santa Clauses tactic to con America for nearly 40 years
Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 10:26 pm
by Chap
Doctor CamNC4Me wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 8:14 pm
I’d much rather fund universal healthcare than a worldwide military. Frankly, I’ve been saying for years we need to right-size our military and probably take our hegemony down to the Western Hemisphere vis a vis a global strategy.
I share your feelings on this matter. But you could have both universal healthcare and a pretty good worldwide military.
Because
the US spends as much on defence as the next 10 countries combined:
Just switch some of that spending to healthcare and the US would still be pretty damn dominant, and the US would be a much better country to live in.
Re: The GOP used a Two Santa Clauses tactic to con America for nearly 40 years
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2021 6:23 am
by Some Schmo
Doctor CamNC4Me wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 8:14 pm
I’d much rather fund universal healthcare than a worldwide military. Frankly, I’ve been saying for years we need to right-size our military and probably take our hegemony down to the Western Hemisphere vis a vis a global strategy.
Americans are idiots because they just accept the current right wing talking points, which are as damned dumb as any narrative ever invented.
Seriously... Americans are damned idiots.
Re: The GOP used a Two Santa Clauses tactic to con America for nearly 40 years
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2021 12:50 am
by ajax18
Whatever you think should or shouldn't be done, the GOP is not stopping you now, nor can they in future.
Re: The GOP used a Two Santa Clauses tactic to con America for nearly 40 years
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 7:56 am
by Moksha
Now that Republicans have abandoned that pretend patriotism routine and have gone full fascist, they should definitely drop that GOP moniker and just call themselves the Trump Party, although retaining the acronym for the interim Party of Sedition would make sense as a long term thing.
Let Mitt hold onto the discarded name Republican.
Re: The GOP used a Two Santa Clauses tactic to con America for nearly 40 years
Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2021 11:09 pm
by Doctor CamNC4Me
Moksha wrote: ↑Wed Feb 10, 2021 7:56 am
Now that Republicans have abandoned that pretend patriotism routine and have gone full fascist, they should definitely drop that GOP moniker and just call themselves the Trump Party, although retaining the acronym for the interim Party of Sedition would make sense as a long term thing.
Let Mitt hold onto the discarded name Republican.
And it’s possibly going to have this result:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/11/politics ... index.html
A group of more than 100 former Republican officials have discussed the possibility of forming a "center right" party due to their unhappiness with the direction of the GOP under former President Donald Trump and the likelihood he'll be acquitted at the end of his second impeachment trial, according to Republicans who participated in the conversation.
Re: The GOP used a Two Santa Clauses tactic to con America for nearly 40 years
Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 1:39 am
by Icarus
I posted a meme back in November saying we should prepare ourselves because Republicans will suddenly start caring about the deficit again.
They're ranting non stop on FOX about this and also they've resurrected their favorite boogeyman, people crossing the border!
Re: The GOP used a Two Santa Clauses tactic to con America for nearly 40 years
Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 9:25 am
by Moksha
I think Fox might favor the name QAnon Sedition Party.
Re: The GOP used a Two Santa Clauses tactic to con America for nearly 40 years
Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 6:29 pm
by Dr Exiled
Chap wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 10:26 pm
Doctor CamNC4Me wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 8:14 pm
I’d much rather fund universal healthcare than a worldwide military. Frankly, I’ve been saying for years we need to right-size our military and probably take our hegemony down to the Western Hemisphere vis a vis a global strategy.
I share your feelings on this matter. But you could have both universal healthcare and a pretty good worldwide military.
Because
the US spends as much on defence as the next 10 countries combined:
Just switch some of that spending to healthcare and the US would still be pretty damn dominant, and the US would be a much better country to live in.
I hope Biden reads this comment or has someone in his ear showing him how unnecessary our almost $1 Trillion per year defense budget is. Just take a look at the F-35 fiasco as an example, it is a plane that doesn't work
https://www.defensenews.com/smr/hidden-troubles-f35/
$1.5 Trillion could go a long way to fix infrastructure and healthcare and ......
https://news.yahoo.com/f-35-program-cos ... 00491.html