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Offline DCPatriot

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The Republican Party: Not Much of a Horse But the Only One in the Corral
« on: July 31, 2018, 02:09:40 am »
The Republican Party: Not Much of a Horse But the Only One in the Corral
By Jared Peterson

The tragedy of American conservatism is that its only electoral home is in a party most of whose funds come from those who agree with the globalist agenda and whose privileged position insulates them from its disastrous cultural consequences.  In short,  America’s corporate elite is making tons of money from globalism -- chiefly, mass immigration and manufacturing outsourcing -- while they experience no negative effects in their privileged and insular world.

Oh sure, they advocate a bit of border protection here, a little improvement in US trade deals there, but basically they’re on board for free trade, relaxed borders and mass immigration. They have a wealthy person’s distaste for excessive government regulation and high taxes -- hence, they are “Republicans” -- but, stem the flood of cheap labor immigrants? Why on earth would they want to do that?

The first economic consequence of mass immigration is lower labor costs across the economy, from lettuce pickers to computer programmers, and that pushes historic quantities of money up to America’s corporate owners and executives. The working and middle classes endure the economic downside in the form of fewer jobs and much lower wages

more at:  http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/07/the_republican_party_not_much_of_a_horse_but_the_only_one_in_the_corral.html

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Re: The Republican Party: Not Much of a Horse But the Only One in the Corral
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2018, 02:17:47 am »
From the article:

Will the funders of the Republican party seize one of the most inviting opportunities in US electoral history to deliver a knock-out blow? Or will they wuss out?

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Re: The Republican Party: Not Much of a Horse But the Only One in the Corral
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2018, 02:25:43 am »
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This has all been discussed ad nauseam before. But it can’t be repeated too often: Mass immigration has been an economic bonanza for major owners and executives and an economic disaster for the other 80% of the population.


Is it 'really' only for "major owners and executives"..the boom?

Come on.  What about the person with a rental property?  He could suffer irreparable financial damage, not only with a loss of rental income...the entire neighborhood will be vacated for long stretches.

I have ENTIRE zip codes within a thirty minute drive that have been completely turned over into...where you swear you're in Mexico, or somewhere south of the border.  Traffic signs are in Espanol and English.  Restaurant signs all in Spanish.

The over all concept for Maryland at least, WAS that government subsidy only be a 1-generational thingy.

But going all-in for a 1986 amnesty redux, they're working on the next generation, too!



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Re: The Republican Party: Not Much of a Horse But the Only One in the Corral
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2018, 02:30:27 am »
Quote from: roamer_1 on July 31, 2018, 02:17:47 am
From the article:

Will the funders of the Republican party seize one of the most inviting opportunities in US electoral history to deliver a knock-out blow? Or will they wuss out?



Another gem.... that adds context to your post.

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The Democratic Party, in its lunatic, massively unpopular stands on illegal immigration and border protection, has been leading with its chin as perhaps never before. Abolishing ICE, opening America’s southern border, and supporting sanctuary cities that shelter criminals and drug dealers may be the most toxic brew of Democratic Party electoral poison that party has yet concocted. It begs for brutal, repeated, brass knuckle exposure. This well could be the issue that turns an off-year election into a historic Democratic wipeout.

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Re: The Republican Party: Not Much of a Horse But the Only One in the Corral
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2018, 03:55:35 am »
Quote from: DCPatriot on July 31, 2018, 02:25:43 am
Is it 'really' only for "major owners and executives"..the boom?

Come on.  What about the person with a rental property?  He could suffer irreparable financial damage, not only with a loss of rental income...the entire neighborhood will be vacated for long stretches.

I have ENTIRE zip codes within a thirty minute drive that have been completely turned over into...where you swear you're in Mexico, or somewhere south of the border.  Traffic signs are in Espanol and English.  Restaurant signs all in Spanish.

The over all concept for Maryland at least, WAS that government subsidy only be a 1-generational thingy.

But going all-in for a 1986 amnesty redux, they're working on the next generation, too!
Because all 40 of those tenants in that two bedroom are such good renters?
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Re: The Republican Party: Not Much of a Horse But the Only One in the Corral
« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2018, 04:02:05 am »
They are not the only horse in the corral.


That's what the liberal Party oligarchs and enslaved party hacks and Dependents in the GOP WANT you to think.
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Re: The Republican Party: Not Much of a Horse But the Only One in the Corral
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2018, 04:19:48 am »
Reagan ran into a lot of opposition in his own party in his day, by '83, '84, maybe it had mostly all gone away.
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Re: The Republican Party: Not Much of a Horse But the Only One in the Corral
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2018, 04:23:16 am »
   MY Recommendation:

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Re: The Republican Party: Not Much of a Horse But the Only One in the Corral
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2018, 09:51:43 am »
“The tragedy of American conservatism is that its only electoral home is in a party most of whose funds come from those who agree with the globalist agenda and whose privileged position insulates them from its disastrous cultural consequences.”

That’s it in one sentence; the who, what, where, when and why of it all.
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