Republicans, if you are going to encourage unicorn ranching, then you owe it to the public to explain that ranchers need to find a breeding pair before they start their ranch.
While money is non affectionately said to be the mother’s milk of politics and it is, denial is a very close runner up! So there is never a statement made by the left that is ever denied by a Republican, lest the opponent be skewered, first by the left and its media allies, then later and even more effectively by ” moderate Republicans” (moderate is a synonym for those, who go along to maintain their seat at the table) Every Republican leaning voter knows, who they are. If you don’t, watch CNN and if the guest is labeled as a Republican albeit strategist, officeholder or campaign surrogate and he is not immediately berated after he speaks, then chances are he or she is a “Moderate Republican”.
Generally Republicans never challenge what is said unless the thought has been in held in ill repute by the public for a good number of years. e.g. socialism has been generally held in low regard since at least the 1950’s, so any Republican and even a few brave “Blue Dog Democrats” are inclined to speak out against it. It should be noted, however that while speaking out against the idea of socialism any Republican officeholder will always acknowledge that the proponent of socialism or any new government solution raises a true issue that they will attempt to help resolve.
What is problematic about this? It is simply this. No one dares say how wide spread the problem is, versus how drastically the solution will change the status quo for the many. While it is a cliche’, I am required to repeat it here. When you promise to everything for everyone, you will do little or nothing for anyone!
Why is this so. The answer is simple. It’s because People are and should be free! Free to choose their own courses of action. Sometimes the course chosen appears ill advised to us and sometimes it may even appear contrary to the individual’s expressed interest , but it is their choice to make. What those in opposition to choices or proposed fixes, can do is at least say they find the choice/fix unwise.
Instead they fall upon the sword of political correctness and as they gurgle and seem to lose control of their consciousness. The opponents lie impaled upon that imaginary sword of political correctness, then the opposition fails to deny the underlying premise of the proposed government solution. They do so in a vain attempt to demonstrate their continued relevance or the importance of their government position. Hence,the first paragraph of this Post
Republicans, if you are going to encourage unicorn ranching, then you owe it to the public to explain that ranchers need to find a breeding pair before they start their ranch.
I posit here that we no longer have a two party system. When every utterance by those, who only propose government solutions, is met with acceptance of the underlying premise. e.g (Obamacare preexisting condition coverage crisis. This great existential healthcare crisis effected roughly 8% of the population. It predominantly effected those purchasing coverage in the individual healthcare marketplace. Groups have been governed by HIPPA of 1997, which required coverage of these conditions after a maximum of 18 months delay and even that could be mitigated, if the individual was continuously insured prior to the group coverage change. Click on the word change link for a more in depth explanation at How Stuff Works.com.).
Amazingly preexisting conditions were seldom discussed in depth with respect to Obamacare law, yet most under 65 get their coverage through employment groups.) No Republican thought this was important enough to discuss and if they did it was seen as too in the weeds to share! No Republican discussed how Obamacare inconvenienced the remaining 80+% and changed the coverages available for all. It also mandated coverages in the belief not certainty that the changes would result in future healthcare savings.
So now we enter the 2020 campaign and major Democratic candidates are now discussing free education for all through college. What that will do, is devalue many advanced educational degrees for those, who have them because when everyone has a degree available without the need for sacrifice to achieve it,then advanced education will no longer be a sign that an individual possesses the persistence to achieve a difficult goal. Additionally, since there is no cost. Educational resources will be misallocated even further. We will have more degrees that do not match needed skills. The result will be more unemployment, while jobs go begging because the educational system is turning out the wrong skill sets. We already have enough educational dysfunction with the grade inflation situation and the plethora of majors, which offer no professional path forward.
We are also told by some Democratic candidates that many services provided by people are now human rights. This is a talking point with only emotional appeal. It is proposed that these services should be offered by the government to all with no mention of payment. I guess we truly have not learned the lessons of history. We outlawed one form of slavery and now introduce a new form. Servitude to the State for the Public good. Yet all Republicans only talk about socialism like a caveman. “They utter Socialism bad, Capitalism good!”
I am sorry, but life is both a journey and is still a struggle. No candidate’s wishes can change that fact. In a world of 1 million or 7 billion scarcity still exists. Resources must be allocated according to needs to insure the availability of goods to feed the masses and create sufficient wealth.
Individuals must work to create wealth and nations and society advance as a result of their efforts. Capitalism is a self regulation mechanism for the elements that create wealth. Capitalism allows the individual the freedom to choose, which occupation they pursue and rations scarce resources by offering rewards for skills in short supply and disincentives for oversupplied skills. No government or politician has a handle on the multiple data points needed to properly allocate resources. Capital might be in the form of human,monetary or even a commodity.
Individuals choose a course and are rewarded based upon the value of their contribution. No one has the right to the services of another. Those services can be paid for or they maybe volunteered at no cost.(charity) Yes, there is a place for altruism in modern society! Altruism however is not government mandated. Mandated unagreed upon labor is still slavery!
Bottom line:
Demand all proposals identify the problem and the extent of that problem.
Ask, Ask, Ask how the solution fits in with the existing system. Do this whether you like the existing system or despise it. (Different is not always better and can be much worse!)
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