The headline read, “The Republican Establishment is Dead.” All I could think of was “man, I hope so.”
I’ve been around for awhile, and I have tried to vote in every election. Voting is a right that all of us should take seriously, and when I cast my first vote for Barry Goldwater, I set a trend. I have never voted for a Democrat for president. There is a reason for this, and the first reason is that I believe in the strict interpretation of the U. S. Constitution. Second, I believe in capitalism. History tells us that capitalism is the very best way to distribute goods and services to the people. Socialism has never worked anywhere in the world, and in some instances, it can be credited with getting millions of people killed. Take, for example, China and the old Soviet Union.
Democrats want to take from the rich and give to the poor. We have been doing this for over 50 years. It would seem that if this was a good policy, there would be no more “poor people” in America. In fact, Lyndon B. Johnson initiated a “war on poverty,” a war that we have lost badly.
Now we have Hillary and Bernie promising to give everyone in America a free college education, and benefits never before seen on the face of this earth. None of this can be done, yet it makes for great campaign rhetoric. The alarming fact is that many people believe these lies and will go to the polls and cast their ballot for the one who eventually promises the most. Unfortunately, in America our public school education is so poor that the average high school graduate fails to understand basic economics.
We are $19 trillion in debt, and the national debt is growing at an alarming rate. Already, other nations are dumping our debt at an alarming rate, and some economists believe that when the U.S. reaches between $22-25 trillion, the economy will collapse and the ensuing depression will have consequences that we cannot even imagine.
Republicans 50 years ago believed in capitalism, a strong national defense, and a thriving economy with low taxes and just a few regulations. Today, the establishment of both parties are looking out for their own personal needs and ignoring the needs of this country and the people.
Establishment Republicans are not interested in the will of the people. This is clear by the reaction they are having to Ted Cruz and Donald Trump. There is a move afoot to deny either of these two men the nomination, even if one gets the required 1237 votes.
This is insane, but not unexpected. I have seen this trend for the past decade. Try writing a letter to your congressman or senator. You wait 4 or 5 weeks for a reply, and then when it comes, its a form letter some office clerk retrieved from the computer. The letter, in my experience, has nothing to do with the subject matter you wrote about.
What is happening to the Republican Party is good. It needs a house cleaning. The people who have stayed in power and fed from the public trough need to go, and if either Trump or Cruz win the nomination, you can bet that many will go.
We have over 94 million Americans who cannot find a job and are receiving some type of government assistance. America cannot continue to exist with an economy that does not produce jobs for its citizens, and the only way to produce jobs in the numbers the country must have is through capitalism. The Washington establishment does not understand this because they are too busy figuring out how to skim off large quantities of our tax dollars.
All of us have heard the old saying, “It”s time for a change.” This year may be the time for a change so great that it will define American politics for decades to come.
