No Accident. . .

(No Accident. . .)

There was a curious sight seen the other day when President Biden was seen joining a UAW picket line. Yes, Biden purports to be the most pro-union President ever. What is not mentioned as often is that those workers are off the job for the precise reason of Biden's electric vehicle obsession. Did that come up when he was talking to those other workers ?


It is no accident that tonight's Republican Debate, the second one to be aired on Fox Business is being held at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California. President Reagan was the moat consequential Chief Executive of the latter part of the 20th Century. Between his economic policies and international success, ending the Cold War and all thar, the "Gipper" left a legacy that those Republicans on the stage this evening will attempt to channel the late President.


Reaganomics was a real thing as opposed to Bidenomics. It was a combination of tax cuts and decreased regulation led to vigorous economic growth. The debate participants tonight will be elucidating some version of those policies and apply them to today and what they would do in a so and so Administration. Those who will be watching, probably including Donald Trump, will be looking for solutions were they to be elected. Of course, in contrast to their own economic policies, they will be highly critical of Bidenomics.


President Reagan was as hated by Democrats as much as Trump. A fair amount of the discussion this evening will be how the President's polices have been good with the American people in the sense that Biden has made things more expensive. If a Republican, Trump or otherwise, is elected next year, that promises a return to Reagan policies.


But what is the alternative ? People who are old enough remember can recall the recession of 1981. Had not Reagan assumed Office with a supply-side agenda and passed his tax reduction series, and the multi-quarter growth, lasting decades until the financial crisis and then the pandemic, put a stop to that train. However, should a Democrat, Joe Biden or otherwise, conditions in this country, will not improve.


That is the decision.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Siege Of The Alamo

(Siege Of The Alamo) Any visitor to Downtown San Antonio will recognize the City's most famous landmark, the Alamo. An old Spanish mission that means "Cottonwood" in English was the site where the likes of Jim Bowie, William Barrett Travis and Davy Crockett and about another 185 Texians defended the Mission and its compound for thirteen days against the Army of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana and his 5,000 troops. The garrison was finally reduced on March 6, 1836. However, the Texian defeat at the Alamo and another one at Goliad, bought time for General Sam Houston time to fall back and then face Santa Ana at San Jacinto. There, Houston's army surprised the Mexicans and yelling "Remember the Alamo, Remember Goliad !" all but wiped out the Mexican force. Santa Ana was captured and was forced to recognize the Republic of Texas. Which is now the State of Texas and, like 1836 Texas War of Independence, there is a new invasion from Mexico. Not the armed body o
Read more

TEQUILA !

(TEQUILA !) Happy Cinco de Mayo or May 5th. One can hope that a lot of you out there are awash in inebriation, seeking to mainline tequila shots or enjoying a nice margarita on the patio. Or, in other words, relax. Take a breath. De-compress. May 5th as it happens is the anniversary of Mexico's victory over French "occupation" of Mexico by Emperor Maximillian, brother to Austrian monarch Maria Theresa in what has been called the Battle of Puebla. The reason France was in Mexico in the first place was that Mexico, after the Mexican-American War and a more civil conflict called the Reform War, had bankrupted Mexico City. Mexican President at the time was Benito Juarez, who repudiated all foreign debt, of which France, Spain, and the United Kingdom were all major holders. A naval expedition was dispatched to Veracruz and France's Napoleon III thought it would be a good idea to establish a French "empire" in Mexico. But, on May 5th, 1862, in the aforementioned B
Read more

Intended Consequences

(Intended Consequences) For those Readers who live in the Tri-State area, who had the earthquake this morning, just be still.  There is a postulate called the Law of Un-Intended Consequences. Basically, it says that even with the best intentions, negative results sometimes happen. However, there are also instances when a negative result is precisely the desired outcome. Like with the Israel- Hamas war where the Biden Administration continues to press for an all but unilateral ceasefire on the part of Israel. In California, the new $20/HR minimum wage is wreaking havoc on the fast food industry. And finally, after depleting the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, oil has now become too expensive. How many times must the Biden Administration think it can influence Israeli affairs ? How many times must Israel ignore it. Threats from the President have become redundant at this point but is Biden really prepared to cut Israel loose ? In the middle of the greatest crisis Israel is facing since the
Read more