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Tangent0018 months ago

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I think much of it has to do with how far the GOP has swung to the right. Perhaps a better analysis would be how far the GOP has re-defined the right to stand for things decidedly un-conservative. They abandoned fiscal conservatism and foreign policy non-interventionism under Bush 43. They are entrenched in the trickle-down economics camp. Welfare for people is inherently bad, yet unaccountable welfare for large corporations is inherently good. There is nothing 'conservative' about their energy policies. Ultimately, they have no ideas to offer except cutting taxes for the wealthy and corporations.

When they hollered about the re-authorization and expansion of the GIVE Act being tantamount to Obama setting up socialist indoctrination camps, they officially jumped the shark in my book. Since when is national service NOT a conservative value?

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