remember President Reagan using the term statism to describe the foes of conserving the American founding. It seems to me it was a carefully chosen term because it transcended the contemporary definitions of right versus left.
If a political party or movement proposed government control over our lives, they were statists, they were the opposition. What Reagan would not recognize is the Mitch McConnell led Republican Senate who, exercised scores of retreating maneuvers that allowed our Republic to become more statist.
And, President Reagan would recognize the MAGA movement as an effective counter to statism.
A lot of older Republicans have a lot of cognitive dissidence when it comes to statism. Blowing up our national debt for defense spending is ok, but giving lunch to poor kids is bad? A lot of it is just very bad optics and not good policy.
I agree and I’m an older Republican. Over the years Republican politicians have been masters of bad optics.
One question I have on defense spending is how much would a strong national defense really cost if it is only used to defend our nation? What is expensive is the Uniparty’s expansive definition of “national security” and “national interest.”
It's "our allies" driving up the defense budget. We could absolutely defend our borders with a tiny fraction of the spending we do now. Unfortunately we also have to pay for the entire world.
remember President Reagan using the term statism to describe the foes of conserving the American founding. It seems to me it was a carefully chosen term because it transcended the contemporary definitions of right versus left.
If a political party or movement proposed government control over our lives, they were statists, they were the opposition. What Reagan would not recognize is the Mitch McConnell led Republican Senate who, exercised scores of retreating maneuvers that allowed our Republic to become more statist.
And, President Reagan would recognize the MAGA movement as an effective counter to statism.
A lot of older Republicans have a lot of cognitive dissidence when it comes to statism. Blowing up our national debt for defense spending is ok, but giving lunch to poor kids is bad? A lot of it is just very bad optics and not good policy.
I agree and I’m an older Republican. Over the years Republican politicians have been masters of bad optics.
One question I have on defense spending is how much would a strong national defense really cost if it is only used to defend our nation? What is expensive is the Uniparty’s expansive definition of “national security” and “national interest.”
It's "our allies" driving up the defense budget. We could absolutely defend our borders with a tiny fraction of the spending we do now. Unfortunately we also have to pay for the entire world.