GOP released its NEW platform. What are your #1 issue? Whats missing here? How should they address your #1 issue? Will a split Congress prevent it?

[DrPepper12]

SEAL THE BORDER AND STOP THE MIGRANT INVASION

CARRY OUT THE LARGEST DOMESTIC DEPORTATION OPERATION IN American HISTORY

END INFLATION AND MAKE AMERICA AFFORDABLE AGAIN

BECOME THE WORLD'S DOMINANT ENERGY PRODUCER

INCREASE MANUFACTURING AND STOP OUTSOURCING

CUT TAXES FOR WORKERS

DEFEND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS

PREVENT WORLD WAR III AND RESTORE PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH

END GOVERNMENT WEAPONIZATION AGAINST ITS CITIZENS

CRUSH CRIME AND DRUG CARTELS

REBUILD AND SECURE OUR CITIES

STRENGTHEN OUR MILITARY

MAINTAIN THE U. S. DOLLAR AS THE WORLD'S RESERVE CURRENCY

PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE

CANCEL ELECTRIC VEHICLE MANDATES AND CUT REGULATIONS

DEFUND SCHOOLS THAT TEACH CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND GENDER IDEOLOGY

KEEP TRANSGENDER ATHLETES OUT OF WOMEN'S SPORTS

DEPORT PRO-HAMAS RADICALS FROM OUR COLLEGE CAMPUSES

SECURE ELECTIONS WITH VOTER ID AND PAPER BALLOTS

UNITE THE COUNTRY THROUGH RECORD LEVELS OF SUCCESS

[Syntosi]

Its such a meme, honestly. First of all, its like they never heard of caps lock.

But yeah, what the hell is up with their priorities and idiotic beliefs?

Ending inflation? A healthy economy has at least 2% inflation as a requirement.

Become the worlds dominant energy producer? Why? Energy is something you produce to satisfy a need, you dont do it as a penis measuring contest.

Increase manufacturing and stop outsourcing? So basically anti-capitalism. Gotcha. I thought the Republicans were all for the free market and to allow the corporations to run themselves but if you want the government to get involved, be my guest I guess?

Cutting taxes? Republicans cutting taxes? In what universe? Seriously though, even if they were serious about this that would just increase the national deficit.

Defending freedoms and the constitution? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! *gasp* AHAHAHAHAHAH! Yeah right.

Prevent WW3? ... Against who? Russia? China? Usually you need an opponent to have a war but maybe I am just new to this thing.

Skipping a few boring ones... Maintain the US dollar as world reserve currency? How the hell is USA supposed to force other people to stockpile the dollar? Are you going to pay them to do it or something? What is wrong with you people?

Ah yes, protect social security and medicare.. from other Republicans one has to assume since they are the only ones who keep threatening it.

I mean it just goes on. This list is insane, from start to finish.

I guess my favorite one, from a purely comedy aspect is the one attacking electric cars. Anything to see Elon Musk cry I suppose I can approve of.

[DrPepper12]

I too love to see the Space Nazi in tears!!!

[Syntosi]

Yes. The one thing that can unite the left is to see Space Karen have another meltdown.

[bobby_bush_eater]

That 2% inflation thing for "healthy growth" is now becoming a more contested idea in Macroeconomics, it was almost a random low number they selected.

There's little hard evidence for it, it mostly drives from the fear that deflation is potentially much more dangerous, which it is but inflation is not an "you need at least 2%".

Besides we are not near 2% anymore and people don't realize it compounds so 5% inflation might not sound bad but when the CPI is from last year and the prior year CPI was up let's say 7%, your politicians now take credit for lowering inflation when it actually increased.

[Syntosi]

@bobby_bush_eater While the 2% is by no means a hard number, and many economists argue for much higher, its more of a guideline that most can agree is at least good enough as a baseline. As the saying goes, if you gather 2 economists and ask them for opinions on something then you will get 3 responses. The economy is not a hard science, there are no factual answers as such.

But that is somewhat irrelevant. What the GOP is promising is an inflation 0 or less. Something that modern economies are not built for and that we have very little understanding of how it could function in reality. Its an insane idea.

[bobby_bush_eater]

@Syntosi

I minored in economics so I understand the basics. I think the GOP is saying this (I am a Republican) as a headline to the uninformed, the average American has 0 macro or microeconomic knowledge and headlines and short goals work on the collective mind.

The average person can understand when their gas tank costs more to fill, do they know why? No they don't but they usually blame the president as he'll also take credit if it ever goes down.

So by simply saying you'll create an opposite environment even though it's the "politically independent" FED controlling rates and issuing Treasury bonds that most effects this besides the actual consumer behavior which is naturally reactive to the FED.

That's not a bullet point though, Biden says the same kind of things but I do not see any macroeconomist saying we currently need more inflation currently.

The average Joe doesn't care about the detail, that's where Trump does so well.

[Syntosi]

@bobby_bush_eater Actually neither the Democrats nor BIden promises something similar. Biden promises lowering costs for families but he talks about removing things like bank fees, lowering cost of housing and medicine etc.. Not lowering inflation. The DNC talks about building a stronger, fairer economy and then has a really long article talking about it in detail.

The RNC however is different. They give you that list. Nothing more, not explanations or anything. Those bullet points are all you are getting and they are all really dumb.

[DrPepper12]

@bobby_bush_eater "little hard evidence" i guess keybes and volker dont count... WTAF?

[Juxtapose]

Wow they're really nailing it and sound more like classical liberals everyday. You can really tell the influence the younger libertarians have had on the party (they migrate into the Republican party and are pretty similar to classical liberals).

[RedInnocent69]

What utter bullshit. BECOME THE WORLD'S DOMINANT ENERGY PRODUCER is perhaps most laughable, given that the US has been energy independent since Obama and is already the world’s dominant energy producer under Biden, not that any Republicans would notice an easily verifiable fact.

[DrPepper12]

Not when they listen to unindicted co-conspirator Sean Hannity...

[gorydetails]

Sounds amazing. But I’m gonna need the government slashed by 2/3

[DrPepper12]

They're proposing an expansion. And slashing will accomplish what exactly? Which 2/3? Military?

[gorydetails]

Across the board. Except for a few agencies that can be eliminated 100%. Like department of ed, irs, fbi, nsa, homeland security, tsa

[DrPepper12]

So dismantle our security services and tax collection. How poetically MAGA

[gorydetails]

Yup. Security. lol.

[shortster]

My number one issue is to cut taxes to a flat 5% rate.

[DrPepper12]

How do you expect to fund govt?

[shortster]

Massive cuts to spending

[DrPepper12]

How do cuts equal replacement of lost revenue?

[shortster]

Well if you make less money you have to spend less money. Plus most people don't realize that you actually bring in more money when you cut taxes. Something about people having a greater incentive to be more productive when they get to keep more of their own money. That and companies utilize countries that have low tax rates as a tax shelter; and conduct the majority of their business in those countries. Then there is also the fact that even if I choose to be lazy and not increase my productivity; I still get to keep more of the money I am making and so I can use that extra money to go out and buy more stuff, stimulating economic growth. The GDP is inversely related to the tax rate. As the tax rate goes down GDP goes up. Granted it isn't a 1:1 relationship, so we can't predict if a tax cut will result in a adequate growth in GDP to make up all of the revenue loss of the tax cut. However, we can see in recent history that a tax cut can result in increased tax revenue; as with the tax cuts under president Trump.

[OddBeMe]

Horribly emotional. And horribly infeasible.