The Future Party

Almost Over

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We’re approaching the end of the strangest election season of my lifetime, and I’ve been around a long time. The majority of Americans would never pick either of the presidential candidates. One of which they never even had a chance to express themselves. One bad debate and the powers in the Democratic Party dumped a sitting president and appointed a new candidate. Why spend all that money and time on primaries, when you can just anoint someone who never won a single primary vote?

The other candidate won the nomination because the Democrats kept him in the limelight with constant lawfare. The cases were so bad they made Trump an object of Republisn sympathy, while preventing others having any space. As I have pointed out, the Democrats picked their opposition.

Instead of a thorough discussion of all our pressing problems, we get superficial jabs about the border, the economy, and abortion. Wars abroad continue to expand, a budgetary meltdown gets closer, and our kids fall further behind without any plans offered by the candidates.

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Some Thoughts Two Weeks Out

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Other than a chance to blame Donald Trump for anything negative in the past decade, Kamala Harris’ appearance on Fox News with Brett Baier brought home how difficult it is to be a former Republican endorsing her. She has always been on the far left of her party. One has only to look at her stands running in 2019 for verification. Harris is right at home because the Biden administration is the most progressive in recent history. Given several chances to distance herself from Biden in several venues, including Brett Baier, she hasn’t found anything substantial where she differed from her boss.

You may detest Donald Trump, the person, or feel he is not your type of conservative, and I can see where you are coming from. I, too, have been critical of Trump, as readers are well aware. If you find the former president abhorrent, don’t vote for him.

What I don’t understand is why you crossed over to the Progressive side. You can’t be much of a Reagan conservative if you support one of the most progressive, if not the most progressive major party presidential candidate ever.

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Three Story Lines Revisited

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It was a busy week with significant developments. Three of them fall in areas I’ve commented on in the past. It’s crucial to compare where we are with what I wrote on the third parties, the Gaza war, and abortion, as these past commentaries hold significant relevance to our current situation.

In my series, ‘The Future Party” (On this Site), I stressed the pressing need for a more competitive political landscape. We must enhance our choices at all levels. Recent presidential elections have presented us with candidates most Americans didn’t want to vote for. The current election, featuring two widely unpopular candidates, is a stark reminder of this issue. The ‘No Labels Party,’ which pledged to offer more options, should’ve thrived in this climate. While it has made progress in securing spots on state ballots, they’re facing a lot of work getting candidates. 

In my series, ‘The Future Party,” I concluded that you can’t defeat someone without one and must stand for something. I based my brief involvement with the emerging Howard Shultz third-party campaign on crafting a platform for the Starbucks founder to champion. However, no such platform materialized, and Shultz withdrew when it appeared he could potentially harm the Democrats, thereby inadvertently supporting the re-election of the Republican incumbent. This excuse is a stark reminder that new voices must have substance and conviction to make a lasting impact.

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Going The Way Of The Whigs

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Tackling our problems requires both sides’ best ideas to implement agreed-upon solutions. Instead, we have Gridlock on the border and aid to our friends. Reforming entitlements before they devour us is willfully ignored.

While both parties contribute to our inabilities, the new Democratic ticket may bring different thinking. I doubt it, but we have to wait and see. On the other hand, the Republicans will do whatever Donald Trump dictates. It’s best to take up the Republicans first and hold back on the Democrats.

Laying to rest any question Trump now dominates the Republican Party is confirmed by the party’s recent actions. Blocking the compromise Bill to Fund Ukraine, Israel, and our southern border before anyone even read it because Trump wanted the Border issue for the election. At that point, you couldn’t claim you were objecting to something in the bill because no one had seen the finished product. Republicans bowed to Trump’s needs instead of making inroads into the problems. 

The recent changes at the Republican National Committee add to the conclusion of Trump’s dominance. Appointing his daughter-in-law as co-chairman and wholesale replacing long-term employees with Trump loyalists leave no illusions about who the boss is.

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I Have My Reasons

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In the last post, I stated people should back the person most closely aligned with their principles and goals that can get elected. People have pointed out that former President Trump is leading Biden in several polls, so why am I not supporting him? The simple reason is that we disagree on important issues, precisely his stance on capitalism vs. state-directed economies and his subservience to bureaucratic elites. 

That doesn’t mean I didn’t applaud his tax cuts, opposing more regulations, and solid court appointments. Support for Israel while containing Iran led to the Abraham Accords. Providing real weapons to Ukraine kept Russia at bay. 

Trump’s stance on Capitalism vs. State-directed economies, as characterized by protectionism, debt, and immigration, however, revealed Trump’s less attractive side. Subservience to bureaucratic elites, Trump clashed with my fundamental values. 

A bedrock belief in markets allocating resources rather than self-serving elites makes me hostile to industrial policies. These policies, characterized by state intervention in the economy, have historically proven ineffective and often disastrous. 

After freeing up markets and achieving remarkable growth, China is reverting to the state direction of the economy with the expected results; growth is decelerating. Soon, it will join the old Soviet Union, Cuba, Venezuela, and Argentina as countries that could be rich but choose to move backward.

Speaking of Argentina, the new president, Javier Milie, explains the differences between capitalism’s successes and the failures of statism in his address before the World Economic Forum. I only wish I had his passionate ability to make the case for markets and the people rather than the state making decisions. One can only hope he will get the support to return Argentina to its place among wealthy nations.

A state-directed economy is only possible by separating a nation from competing goods and ideas. Protectionism through tariffs is a primary tool. Trump loves tariffs. He imposed them to protect our steel and washing machine industries. While he saved some jobs in the protected sectors, the data shows he lost more jobs among the users of tariff-protected products such as autos and washing machines using the now higher price steel, making them less competitive.

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