Very articulate and thoughtful observations of Vance. Looking past Trump (with all his faults, though still a much better choice than Harris), the future of the GOP looks bright, with people like Youngkin, DeSantis and now Vance.
Having children is a strategic asset. Importing them leads to importing other things which may, or may not be good things. Interestingly this is a pet peeve of Elon Musk. So you wonder how much he is helping the GOP find their way. I was born on the tail end of the baby boom to a single mother. She raised me, God bless her, at a time that it was much harder than today. As a woman, she was routinely taken advantage of by banks and such. Even having her only car repossessed because the bank did not indicate her actual payment by mistake. She never did get that car back, nor did she even get the belongings that were in that car. It is very likely that the reason Europe has such benefits for new mothers is because they are in great need of them.
“To their credit, Harris and Walz have some plans to build new homes with government funds. Vance and Trump support this.” What? Since when is building new homes the function of government? Replace “build new homes” with “plans to provide food” or “plans to build cars.” The author of this guest post does not appreciate the difference between a market economy and socialism, and I hope he is mistaken when he claims Vance and Trump are on board. To their credit, I think they are not.
Trump and Vance are *definitely* on board. Watch JD Vance and his speech on "Libertarianism", how free markets and limited government have failed the working class. Not because they deny they create wealth, but because they believe wealth is meaningless when it leaves behind rural Appalachia, when it means cultural values change with new immigrants, when it challenges what Vance especially holds more dear than anything - his Catholic religion.
Actually freedom, limited government, and individual rights will *always* challenge Conservative views of religion and tradition. They inherently conflict. The closest they ever came was in the 18th/19th century; now Conservatives and Big State "Liberals" are slowly merging into a party divided only by culture - *how* to split what the State devours, not on *if* the State should devour. Ayaan herself has come to exemplify this shift, the old idea that the individual has the right to his own life is dying an ever quicker death.
Let's go back to tickets with credible VPs that do not necessarily have to be DEI hires: Vance could pick Ron DeSantis, Glenn Youngkin, Greg Abbott, Mike Lee, Marco Rubio, Josh Hawley. My favorite is Mike Lee.
The Republicans have a much deeper bench. The Dems have talent in people like Josh Shapiro or Andy Beshear, but they would have to tack back to the center for one of those individuals to become their party's candidate.
And a related question: why are Democrats so bad on economic policy?
Democrats are good on economic policy: their policy is to provide free things like healthcare, housing, income subsidies, welfare, disability paid for with government debt. (So far Biden has spent $7 trillion funded by debt.) This creates economic growth, makes everyone happy and buys votes. The only cost is debt that nobody cares about. What’s wrong with that?
It isn't "Reaganism" or the past that makes the conditions of individual rights, low taxes, and free trade lead to prosperity, but REALITY and human nature. Trump, and the US at large, ignoring what actually ever made us great will inevitably make ALL of us worse off together.
If that is courageous, then so is a lemming jumping off a cliff.
Very articulate and thoughtful observations of Vance. Looking past Trump (with all his faults, though still a much better choice than Harris), the future of the GOP looks bright, with people like Youngkin, DeSantis and now Vance.
100%. To paraphrase Wilfred Reilly - I’m voting for the only JFK Dems on the field, namely, Trump-Vance.
Having children is a strategic asset. Importing them leads to importing other things which may, or may not be good things. Interestingly this is a pet peeve of Elon Musk. So you wonder how much he is helping the GOP find their way. I was born on the tail end of the baby boom to a single mother. She raised me, God bless her, at a time that it was much harder than today. As a woman, she was routinely taken advantage of by banks and such. Even having her only car repossessed because the bank did not indicate her actual payment by mistake. She never did get that car back, nor did she even get the belongings that were in that car. It is very likely that the reason Europe has such benefits for new mothers is because they are in great need of them.
“To their credit, Harris and Walz have some plans to build new homes with government funds. Vance and Trump support this.” What? Since when is building new homes the function of government? Replace “build new homes” with “plans to provide food” or “plans to build cars.” The author of this guest post does not appreciate the difference between a market economy and socialism, and I hope he is mistaken when he claims Vance and Trump are on board. To their credit, I think they are not.
Trump and Vance are *definitely* on board. Watch JD Vance and his speech on "Libertarianism", how free markets and limited government have failed the working class. Not because they deny they create wealth, but because they believe wealth is meaningless when it leaves behind rural Appalachia, when it means cultural values change with new immigrants, when it challenges what Vance especially holds more dear than anything - his Catholic religion.
Actually freedom, limited government, and individual rights will *always* challenge Conservative views of religion and tradition. They inherently conflict. The closest they ever came was in the 18th/19th century; now Conservatives and Big State "Liberals" are slowly merging into a party divided only by culture - *how* to split what the State devours, not on *if* the State should devour. Ayaan herself has come to exemplify this shift, the old idea that the individual has the right to his own life is dying an ever quicker death.
Let's go back to tickets with credible VPs that do not necessarily have to be DEI hires: Vance could pick Ron DeSantis, Glenn Youngkin, Greg Abbott, Mike Lee, Marco Rubio, Josh Hawley. My favorite is Mike Lee.
The Republicans have a much deeper bench. The Dems have talent in people like Josh Shapiro or Andy Beshear, but they would have to tack back to the center for one of those individuals to become their party's candidate.
And a related question: why are Democrats so bad on economic policy?
Democrats are good on economic policy: their policy is to provide free things like healthcare, housing, income subsidies, welfare, disability paid for with government debt. (So far Biden has spent $7 trillion funded by debt.) This creates economic growth, makes everyone happy and buys votes. The only cost is debt that nobody cares about. What’s wrong with that?
It isn't "Reaganism" or the past that makes the conditions of individual rights, low taxes, and free trade lead to prosperity, but REALITY and human nature. Trump, and the US at large, ignoring what actually ever made us great will inevitably make ALL of us worse off together.
If that is courageous, then so is a lemming jumping off a cliff.