MAGA Carta

I may be a bit impaired to do this now (but what the heck)

The GOP is dead for me I have transitioned to MAGA. What that means is that I will no longer vote straight ticket. I am done with the least worst option. And, I’m done with the talking points. The Republicans talk a big game and then don’t follow through.

However, as Bill and the gang have pointed out we have the best ideas. So let’s put those ideas into a vehicle that can appeal to more people so we don’t need a personality (like Trump) to deliver our message.

The first thing I think we need to come to terms with is that we, as conservatives, need to be more pragmatic. Take health care for instance. What’s our plan exactly? I consume 6-8 hours a day of conservative news/commentary and I have no idea. However, I do know that the biggest complaint we have against the other guys is that they come up with programs we can’t afford. Ok then, what if we could afford it. How about we agree to universal healthcare and come up with a way to pay for it. Free market solutions could be implemented that would end up with us paying much less than we pay for the mess we have. We are spending trillions in healthcare and much of it is waisted.

Most of us don’t want war but we want to be safe and have a strong military. This is where the lefts objection to Trump has been most baffling. Anyone remember how the left was opposed to war before Obama?

How about spending. If we can grow at a rate above 6% (this is very hard to do, I admit) spending is not as big an issue as it is if growth is at 1%. I hate all the government spending but the Republicans attempt to curtail it is, quite frankly, a total embarrassment. So if we’re not serious about it why make it an issue to be used against us. Let’s push growth. Let’s push Made in America. We can get some of the Bernie bros with that one and the healthcare issue.

The green new steal. What a scam this is. I’m not sure exactly how to play this off. The left wants Sun and Wind renewables. If you research this you’ll find it is ultimately bad for the environment. Really the only way to go is latest generation nuclear. I suggest the book Apocalypse Never by Michael Shellenberger (probably spelled that wrong). BTW, if you look at all the green stuff the left wants to do, in the timeline they have, we would need to employ every man, woman, and child in America and we still wouldn’t have enough people to get it all done. How many people do you know who are getting into the solar, wind, building renovation business? Also, they have plans to rapidly expand the train system. Anyone here know anybody in the track laying business?

What about abortion. I’m adopted. My sister was adopted. I’m not big on abortion. But what about some middle ground on this issue. Look at most European laws on abortion and you’ll find that most of their countries limit abortion to the first 5-6 months. I don’t like it at all but if we can get this issue off the table maybe we can save the country. I don’t want to be a total a-hole here but if liberals are content to pumping their kids with hormones and cutting off their junk then maybe it’s better they don’t have kids at all (don’t mean to be flippant but it all sickens me).

Back to the economy. The left wants to pay people just for being born (a basic living wage). Actually, Milton Friedman supported this in the form of a negative income tax. The idea is we pay people, let’s say, $400 a week in welfare. In our current system if they get a job they lose the money. But with a negative income tax they just get less for getting a job. So if they get $400 a week then get a job that pays $400 a week then maybe they only get $300 from the gov. If the job pays $600 maybe they get $200. Until it zeros out. It’s an incentive to work without losing benefits. Again, I’m not a fan of this kind of thing. But we are wasting so much money in our current system and so many people are just working the system. By the way, this is supposed to replace current the welfare system.

Anyhow the booze is kicking in but let’s think in terms of pragmatism instead of idealism. And let’s consider losing the damaged brand of Republican. I believe there is a bigger center than we can imagine.

One more thing. I’m pissed that this election was stolen. Trump was great for this country. But he’s not going to be president in four years. He’s going to be too old. But if he starts his own party on January 21st I think the GOP is done for. 75 million people voted for him. He’ll take 50 million with him.

thanks for reading, the beatings will continue shortly