Politics The Elephant in the room...The GOP today

I'm tempted to push that "Agree" but I'm just not drunk enough.

 

It seems like a fake fight that the GOP wants to have to distract from other news. The business owners got their tax cuts and can funnel money to their kids to maintain the dynasties. The upper midwest workers who are Trump's base will benefit from the price of metal from outside the country going up. And the costs will be passed on the consumer. The rich and upper middle class GOP will gladly pay a few hundred more a year to implement their right wing agenda. The 60% of the country who disagrees with Trump isn't his concern, and he doesn't care if they have to pay more.

All the wealthy have to do is to keep propping up the stock market and keep the feeling that the economy is doing well.

 

Welcome to the Trump trade war!

Trump (in press conference with Swedish PM): "We will apply tariffs in a loving, loving way"

EU: Fuck you. We will hit your sorry ass in Trump country where it will hurt the most.

EU Raises Stakes for Trump by Aiming Levies at GOP Heartland

 

The strange thing is Bush Sr. wasn't that popular with the GOP because he was a moderate. He also had to clean up after Reagan's policy of spend, spend, spend, welfare for the wealthy, and let the next administration figure out how to pay for it.

 

That is why the idea and strategy behind the Tea Party is much better than the Green Party. Kasich has some pretty out there policies when it comes to a lot of environmental and reproductive issues, but he benefits from looking rational compared to the extremists in the primary. And while Kasich can't run for governor again, the Democrats are very lucky that he doesn't want to become a senator. I don't blame him for wanting to stay away from Washington DC though.

 

Does this new tax free the Churches to enter the political fray?

 

Technically, no, they aren't supposed to (and if they overtly endorse candidates, are supposed to lose their tax exempt status) but there isn't a politician in the U.S. who has the balls to actually enforce it

 

Starting a fight with the churches is political suicide. No candidate would ever dare

 

The "Johnson Amendment" that prohibits churches and "educational" non-profits from political endorsements and active participation in political campaigns is still in effect.

Trump has promised his religious base that he would abolish it but he cant do so with an executive order; it requires a legislative remedy and the last attempt failed.

Another Effort To Get Rid Of The 'Johnson Amendment' Fails