It’s only a matter of time now.\u00a0 Republican’s have officially turned their back on the last of their thinning constituency, Baby Boomers and retirees.\u00a0 The Paul Ryan call to meddle in Medicare and the ensuing support some of the party bestowed upon him for such a move was nothing less than political suicide.\u00a0 Personally, I think the party line got painfully confused by the 2010 mid terms.\u00a0 Sure, they took back control of the House when the Tea Party movement turned out by the bus load at the polls.\u00a0 I suppose this lead the entire party to believe that the Republican base is comprised of fiscal conservatives on a dangerous mission.\u00a0 The truth is the “fiscal conservative” argument from the Teabag factions was a ploy.\u00a0 It was just political maneuvering to get into power so they could push a failing hyper-conservative ideological agenda.\u00a0\u00a0 Everyone knows it: Ban gay marriage, end abortion, ID badges declaring which church you attend.<\/p>\n
If the Tea Party (note: They are not really a “Party” because there are so many disputing factions) were really interested in relieving the nation debt they would be interested in more than just<\/em> spending cuts.\u00a0 They would be interested in revenue generation.\u00a0 Yes, evil taxes.\u00a0 People rob banks for the same reason we should remove the tax breaks, shelters and loopholes the wealthiest now enjoy:\u00a0 That’s where the money is.\u00a0 By now we all realize the stale argument for trickle down economics is no less than a failure, at worst a lie.\u00a0 Rich people don’t create jobs.\u00a0 They create wealth by eliminating jobs for American workers under the rightful justification of profits.\u00a0 Let’s end that debate once and for all.\u00a0 I know, a pipe dream when arguing with so many people in politics and business benefiting from the current arrangement.\u00a0 The real problem emerging is that corporations may now be turning to countries and currencies outside of the US and away from American consumers.\u00a0 This, combined with wage and job loss for American workers will decimate the middle class.<\/p>\n Another real and growing problem for the party is a super majority of young Americans are not buying the Republican side of the argument.\u00a0 Not one bit.\u00a0 They are not fooled by the right wing corporate social agenda for continuous wealth aggregation at the peril of the middle class.\u00a0 Government intervention in the form of legislation and subsequent regulations to add value to the American worker and protect America jobs is long overdue.\u00a0 Immigration enforcement and off-shoring should both be on the table.<\/p>\n Now that Mitch Davis said he will not run for President in 2012 the only adult left in the room at the Republican party is exiting stage left.\u00a0 Truth is the Republican party still has a candidate who could beat Obama in 2012.\u00a0 It will never happen because they will not nominate Ron Paul for the ballot.\u00a0 I am not staunch Ron Paul supporter but he does have genuine grass roots support and appeals to young people.\u00a0 The rejection of Paul by Republicans because he does not support their ideological wedge issues and continuous funding for the military industrial complex is more evidence of how out of touch the party has become with main stream Americans.<\/p>\n It is hard to imagine how Republicans in Washington still believe that reducing retirement benefits while supporting never ending military engagements, continuous tax breaks for the wealthy, oil and agricultural subsidies for companies making billions in profit are what middle class Americans desire from their representation.\u00a0 In some other worldly dimension there may be rational to justify their social agenda but not in this reality.\u00a0 It’s an agenda being rejected by main stream Americans young and old leaving the Republican Party on the brink of irrelevance.<\/p>\n All this would be bad enough and then….Trump.\u00a0 Donald, you should not kick a party when it’s down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s only a matter of time now.\u00a0 Republican’s have officially turned their back on the last of their thinning constituency, Baby Boomers and retirees.\u00a0 The Paul Ryan call to meddle in Medicare and the ensuing support some of the party bestowed upon him for such a move was nothing less than political suicide.\u00a0 Personally, I … Continue reading The Republican Parties March to Irrelevance<\/span>