There comes a time when every politician starts letting you know that the other politicians are to blame for whatever ails the country and they have the secret formula to solve all of the problems. That time always comes around during election season, and heats up for presidential elections.
Republicans have a standard set of talking points that they like bring up, and regardless of what they said before in public, all of their viewpoints must now appeal to the base. Everything from abortion, to gun rights, and to taxes must be reframed to be pro-life, pro-gun lobby, and against any form of taxes.
Even for long standing laws that have not changed much since their passing, the rhetoric must be adjusted so that the candidate can say such things as "on day one of my administration I will repeal gun control laws, overturn Roe v. Wade, and lower taxes for everyone.
For republicans, the narrative is really quite simple. It means that one liners that appeal to the uneducated masses will rule the land. Wealthy individuals that stand to gain from controlling the uneducated will also claim to be in favor of those laws.
The easiest one liner to get everyone to buy into is that of lower taxes. Although there is no evidence to support it, the claim is that lower taxes skewed towards the top income earners actually helps everyone because those wealthy individuals will then invest and create jobs. There is no data to support that claim.
The idea of lower taxes for the wealthy goes against the basic economic principle of supply and demand. Cutting taxes so that wealthy people can invest in things like factories, new stores, and businesses would increase the supply of goods and services produced by those investments. The problem with that reasoning is that the supply of goods and services is the wrong thing to try to stimulate, instead it should be the demand for new goods and services. When people want to buy things and have the money to do so, that's when the economy starts to grow and the supply of those goods and services has to increase to meet that new demand. Increasing demand makes everyone better off. Wealth people make money because their goods are being bought, rising demand increases the employment level to be able to meet that demand, the people that are now employed have more money to spend on even more goods and services. Investing in something that nobody wants leads nowhere.
The last thing people want to do is pay more taxes. At the same time everyone wants public services to work. Things like the roads you use to get to work and for the food you buy to get to your neighborhood grocery store, and for your mail to be delivered to your house.
Some may say that it should be up the individual to make it on his own. That's a great concept, but there are things that still need to get paid for. There are water treatment plants that need to work to purify the water you dring, the sewer system needs to function, and your neighborhood fire station should have a functioning fire truck in case your house catches fire. Those are things you just can't do on your own and someone has to pay for.
That scenario may be a bit extreme, but it is a good example that illustrates that most people can't go at it alone. There are benefits that everyone enjoys from tax revenue that has been collected from a wide variety of people.
Either way, if you're running for president, you have to regurgitate the usual rhetoric to be in line with the base of your party. Even if it doesn't make all that much sense and it goes against everything you said in the past.
If all of that doesn't pay off in the polls, it's time to not just blame your opponent, but to also blame the liberal media. The reason for lagging poll numbers is never your fault, it's the fault of the crazy liberal media.
There are outrageous convention speeches to empty chairs, and speeches that require so many fact checkers that it could lower the unemployment rate, but if your marathon time just doesn't add up, it could be a sign that your team is losing the race. In that case, maybe a little less pandering to the wackos of your party might actually get you a bit further in your quest to claim victory.
Republicans have a standard set of talking points that they like bring up, and regardless of what they said before in public, all of their viewpoints must now appeal to the base. Everything from abortion, to gun rights, and to taxes must be reframed to be pro-life, pro-gun lobby, and against any form of taxes.
Even for long standing laws that have not changed much since their passing, the rhetoric must be adjusted so that the candidate can say such things as "on day one of my administration I will repeal gun control laws, overturn Roe v. Wade, and lower taxes for everyone.
For republicans, the narrative is really quite simple. It means that one liners that appeal to the uneducated masses will rule the land. Wealthy individuals that stand to gain from controlling the uneducated will also claim to be in favor of those laws.
The easiest one liner to get everyone to buy into is that of lower taxes. Although there is no evidence to support it, the claim is that lower taxes skewed towards the top income earners actually helps everyone because those wealthy individuals will then invest and create jobs. There is no data to support that claim.
The idea of lower taxes for the wealthy goes against the basic economic principle of supply and demand. Cutting taxes so that wealthy people can invest in things like factories, new stores, and businesses would increase the supply of goods and services produced by those investments. The problem with that reasoning is that the supply of goods and services is the wrong thing to try to stimulate, instead it should be the demand for new goods and services. When people want to buy things and have the money to do so, that's when the economy starts to grow and the supply of those goods and services has to increase to meet that new demand. Increasing demand makes everyone better off. Wealth people make money because their goods are being bought, rising demand increases the employment level to be able to meet that demand, the people that are now employed have more money to spend on even more goods and services. Investing in something that nobody wants leads nowhere.
The last thing people want to do is pay more taxes. At the same time everyone wants public services to work. Things like the roads you use to get to work and for the food you buy to get to your neighborhood grocery store, and for your mail to be delivered to your house.
Some may say that it should be up the individual to make it on his own. That's a great concept, but there are things that still need to get paid for. There are water treatment plants that need to work to purify the water you dring, the sewer system needs to function, and your neighborhood fire station should have a functioning fire truck in case your house catches fire. Those are things you just can't do on your own and someone has to pay for.
That scenario may be a bit extreme, but it is a good example that illustrates that most people can't go at it alone. There are benefits that everyone enjoys from tax revenue that has been collected from a wide variety of people.
Either way, if you're running for president, you have to regurgitate the usual rhetoric to be in line with the base of your party. Even if it doesn't make all that much sense and it goes against everything you said in the past.
If all of that doesn't pay off in the polls, it's time to not just blame your opponent, but to also blame the liberal media. The reason for lagging poll numbers is never your fault, it's the fault of the crazy liberal media.
There are outrageous convention speeches to empty chairs, and speeches that require so many fact checkers that it could lower the unemployment rate, but if your marathon time just doesn't add up, it could be a sign that your team is losing the race. In that case, maybe a little less pandering to the wackos of your party might actually get you a bit further in your quest to claim victory.
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