General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA new group pushes the post-Trump GOP to reject its 'lazy' devotion to tax cuts
One of the biggest dilemmas for the Republican Party is what it should do after the Trump presidency, an eventuality that some on the right have been mulling since the early days of his administration.
In March, a group of conservative thinkers started a new organization called American Compass, which aims to move the Republican Party past clichés about Ronald Reagans policies.
Applying conservative principles doesnt mean just keep flipping through the 1980 playbook until you find the right tax cut, said Oren Cass, a founding member of American Compass who serves as its executive director.
It has to mean going back to the actual principles, and applying them to today's challenges, Cass said in an interview on The Long Game, a Yahoo News podcast. I think thats something that a lot of folks on right-of-center have gotten, frankly, lazy about, and that theres just a lot of entrenched orthodoxy that does not come in for questioning.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/a-new-group-pushes-the-post-trump-gop-to-reject-its-lazy-devotion-to-tax-cuts-100033178.html
I doubt that's going to happen. Self aggrandizing is about all most conservatives stand for these days.
andym
(5,445 posts)perhaps even the 19th century when it comes to government function and social rights. Their conservative SC justices are actually beholden to 1791 the year the Constitution was approved.
But never underestimate the power of selfishness.
Midnight Writer
(21,798 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)Jspur
(578 posts)because it's the only damn issue they ever run on besides racism. They have nothing else to offer to people besides these tax cuts aka free money for the rich.
LeftInTX
(25,555 posts)You never know what the cons will do..
]