Understand that going against that goes against their voters, their donors, as well as 50 years of their economic ethos. Cutting taxes to the bone is how they rewarded with electoral victories in that time period becsdue it would "stimulate the economy" and "return higher revenues." For them to admit that that's false ends their careers - or begins thier careers as liberal politicians. It's a bit like magic tricks. It's magic, so long as it works on somebody. And that magic continues to work on their voters. Sadly, that side of the business isn't even whet matters ti then anymore. They are more concerned with lynching blacks and gays these days, and the pandemic didn't help with their base levels of scientific literacy. The fiscal conservatives of the past several decades made a deal with the devil courting these evangelicals for votes. It's hard to say if that Pandora box will ever close again.
Why is it that fiscal conservatism only applies to social services spending for regular people, but gets thrown out the window when it comes to tax cuts for millionaires and multinational corporations?😢
The GOP is and always has been a party of the wealthy, for the wealthy. This was largely understood before culture wars and is why the democrats had a majority during the second half of the 20th century. It all starts to pivot with the Reagan administration.
@leslieprigmore2854 Not since the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Then,the Republican party took up the mantle of white supremacy and proudly wear it till today. Wake up and smell the coffee.
@leslieprigmore2854 To be specific, it was white southern conservatives who prior to '68 almost entirely voted Democrat. Lol, where do you think those people are now. It sure ain't the Democratic party.
"Scratch a conservative and you find underneath their skin they have the same flaw, the same sin, they are fighting against". -Law and Order episode, one of the detectives lines
It’s not about the economy going into a downturn; it’s about our unwillingness to provide support to families, to take on income stagnation (except on the left), because of the right wing concern that someone undeserving somewhere is getting something they ought not.
Which is only a rhetorical device they use as an excuse to cover for the fact that they view everyone as undeserving, and /or that it completely goes against their principles of helping anyone that can't already help themselves (billionaire business folk). It goes against every moral and economic principle fabric in their bones. If they were capable of thinking differently about things like that, they wouldn't be conservatives.
i was born in 51. At age 12 (1963), I decided I would never marry because it seemed like a raw deal for women since men did not want to do "womens' work" ie washing dishes, doing laundry, cooking dinner etc even though women were now working outside of the home. Surveys in the past indicate that single women are the happiest, married men the 2nd happiest, married women the 3rd happiest, and unmarried men the unhappiest. I'm very happy with my cat. She does not give me any grief. Trump will go away after he dies and at some point he will make the list of bad presidents.
No. Conservatives want to move into the future... differently, with respect for the past and an understanding of unintended adverse consequences, something to which the Left is largely blind.
@@jps0117 Conservatives fail to understand EVERYTHING has an unintended consequence, everything is a TRADE OFF. There is no one perfect solution to problems in life.
@@jps0117 No they don't. to the conservative fear driven brain the future LITERALLY scares them. Conservatives FEAR change of any kind and rightwing propaganda takes full advantage of this by keeping their target audience in a constant state of fear.
Why do red states refuse funding for Medicaid? Talk about unintended consequences. Or perhaps they are perfectly aware of the consequences. They have promoted policy so backward that they refused to impeach a criminal twice, talk about unintended consequences. They ceded any responsibility and destroyed the GOP as a party. And came very near to destroying democracy with it.
@jps0117 You mean when we committed genocide against the native people, kidnapped and enslaved Africans, kept women in their place, over threw governments and stole the natural resources of those countries - those good old days.
No one who has had a popular/list game show or is used to professionally talking/manipulating the masses should be allowed to run for a high powered office . They should also all have strict psychological tests before being allowed to run & lead people. Trump should start a 3rd party called” you’re fired”
I am 2/3 thru interview and have to stop due to my schedule, BUT I have yet to hear about rampant capitalism and the wealth disparity. What about mental health care and nutrition? Corporate food industry has hijacked our health. lobbyists are more powerful to enact laws than voters... NRA, food, real estate industry, energy, etc. How about Brene Brown proven training for how to negotiate to all elected officials? How about criteria such as passing gov law and economics tests to anyone who runs for office. We have idiots on the hill. Counterintuitive training is a must so we understand how good governments can work in the lobg run. How about learning from other countries like Finland??? We suck!!
An excellent and respectful conversation. Great to get a nuanced discussion like that about the Republican party and its factions and future. I hope someone on the right can step up and bring the economy (which will probably be in recession during the election) and foreign policy together to say that Ukraine showed that autocratic regimes like Russia, China, and Iran can start crazy wars of aggression and that given the US wants to be out of the business of invading other nations we have stopped spending on the ammunition etc that is actually needed by us and our allies if we are going to defend against invasion by other nations. But allies can pay for their shells and drones if we can become the best and highest volume producer of these armaments. We can build more jobs with good job security that help us secure the nation and that we sell at the best price to our allies. Why is the world reliant on buying drones from China. We should be making the best and most effective drones here and not for eye watering prices that just lines the pockets of the beltway bandits. Therefore it is possible to rebuild a better self-reliant security for all Americans while also strengthening our economy over the long term and limiting out technological reliance on China
Lotta talk about how the party has changed recently. This is just a natural evolution when you oppose civil rights and embrace the old Confederacy. The Southern Confederacy way of thinking predates and informed the Fascist movements in Europe
Always remember ...Trump is a marketer who watches TV and reads Newspapers. He pays attention to the public information and tailors his conversations to what he is hearing. He is always up to date because new media focuses on just a few things ... thus elevating those few things. He can then market his grift to the news!
Thank you Ezra. I’m really short of finding conservatives, who can offer their side of this phenomenon other than MAGAs or MAGA-influenced, or MAGA threatened.
