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    Peevish and Petty: Is the GOP Out of Touch?

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    Fox’s presidential debate was one of the best I have seen. Questions were precise and relevant. The format was controlled yet allowed candidates to showcase their passion and position on the issues. Despite this success, there has been a backlash on social media and among many of my friends over the tenor of many questions and outright anger over overt RNC party politics.

    While much of this anger has been directed toward Fox, the real culprit is the stodgy, old RNC, which is out of touch with its constituents.  The primary reason the Donald’s numbers are surging is that he speaks for the vast majority of silent Americans who are tired of party politics.

    Americans are tired with both Democrat and Republican sects placing party before values or policy. We are tired of the good ‘ole boy system that resembles Chicago’s lost and failed labor unions, where loyalty to party and party bosses trump values or sound economic or foreign policy. Both parties have become pariah, feeding off the very communities they claim to support.  Americans are frustrated when an elected representative is pressured to represent party instead of citizens.  When was the constitution rewritten to mandate a candidate to support party over people or values? Is this Russia or America? The Democrat’s penalizing of Chuck Schumer over the Iran deal is outright abuse of party power.  Since when does an elected representative, who votes based on the values of his constituency and  his own conscience need to be disciplined by party? This is not only Orwellian, it is—as Ted Cruz points out—a mob and union type mentality where those who go against the political machine are ousted. Regardless of party, Americans are demanding an end to the madness of party politics.

    When the Fox panel questioned Ted Cruz over his audacity to question Mitch McConnell’s party leadership, Cruz’s response that values, not party, must guide policy and leadership resonated with the silent American majority. Ratings and positive responses to Cruz’s answer on the Fox app skyrocketed as one of the highest ranked questions of the night. His answer, like Trump’s, resonated with the silent majority who are sick of lies and party politics.

    Americans do not want tenured, career politicians any more than we want ineffective teachers educating our children. Loyalty and the ability to bring in big donors are rewarded. Support for party line (influenced by lobbyists, special interests,  and contributors) have displaced and replaced values and integrity.  Americans are not only voicing their frustration with American politics, they are demanding change. We want a party that rewards effective policy, not party loyalty. We want a party that will stick to its promises and vote according to values. We want a party that does not give ear to lobbies or special interests. A party not swayed by the donations it receives. In short, we want a party whose values cannot be influence or bought. We will demand with our vote a party that adheres to constitutional values.

    Conservative Americans are silent no more. Too much is at stake for our children’s future. Many of us no longer call ourselves Patriots or Tea Partiers; we will, however, work as long as it takes to elect officials who will vote according to our values. We will hold  them accountable and we will continue this process until a candidate finally represents the American people who voted for him instead of the political party that endorsed him.

    The path for the GOP to reconnect with its constitutions is an easy one. Place values before loyalty or consensus. Rather than outing those that oppose politics as usual, listen to them. Learn from their objections and you will have a constituency that will follow the Republican party to the White House.

    I, America, am Pro-Communism and You Are Too

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    Let me state for the record that I am a conservative American who believes in communism. Let me explain.

    Communism, the idea that all property and rights are held in common is a grand idea. In a utopic world, no jealousy exists between people in America who work together for the common good of society while seeking their nation’s self-preservation and advancement. History demonstrates that this system has worked successfully for thousands of years. In fact, all societies—even capitalist—are, at their core, naturally communist.

     

    Why do I believe in natural communism? Why does this social system produce the happiest and most unified society? Because the only naturally communist entity is the family. Parents provide financially for the family while the children share in the reward of their labors. In fact, the family meets the modern communistic utopic goal by being free from social class distinction and the state.  All members equally enjoy the food, vacations, room, board, and sustenance provided for them by their working peers. The children do their part to educate themselves so that they can one day contribute and advance their own families. There is no jealousy in this communism (at least in this utopic scenario). Children know they can only receive what their parents are willing or able to give. Parents are not jealous of the children whom they love, care, and guide to adulthood. Beyond this, parents are not constrained or dependent upon an over-burdened, disconnected, bureaucratic entity that does not understand the family’s basic needs or abilities.

    While I believe in communism, I believe even more in socialism. The concept that an entity would cooperate for its own advancement is both logical and noble. The underlying principle of “to each according to his contribution and from each according to his ability, to each according to his need” in fact, works quite well within the family. Who better to determine that need than parents? Parents understand each child’s differing abilities and contributions. They are also pretty astute at understanding the wants expressed by their little citizens, living within the constraints of their budgets, and judging what their little citizens’ needs really are.

    Artificial modern progressive communism and socialism seek to apply the natural family structure to an entire nation. These social models predict that society will become one big, happy, cooperative family. Yet, there is no way that any government can keep up with the different individual needs, abilities, ideas, and possible contributions that each family can make to society.  The family and its members are relegated to a one-size fits all system. Even more, communism is not immune to the threat of competition. And in fact, all artificial social communist systems face enormous competition from their greatest capitalist producer.  Who is the social communist system’s greatest threat and its greatest competitor? Who is naturally enabled to thwart Marxist progressive ideals? It is the only naturally communist entity—the family. Historically, families have done for themselves what communism seeks to do for society. Families are self-sufficient, self-reliant, and the family meets the needs of its members in both a time-sensitive and personal way that a national conglomerate could never achieve. So what is the modern socialist and communist response to this competition? Does it seek to learn or adapt? Does it seek to loosen its control so that prosperity and unity can be achieved by society?  No, it seeks to dominate, destroy, and displace. As Marx had envisioned, it begins with social education that replaces family values with state values and family function with state dependency.

    So, what is the antidote to this sly serpent who promises unity and universal prosperity but delivers mob rule and universal poverty? Families should encourage their politicians to pursue policies that favor the family and its ability to provide for itself above all else. Not government. Not big corporations. Not charities. Not social organizations. One of the best means of family self-sufficiency is through private business. The family-owned business not only provides for the livelihood of its members (and future generations), it teaches its members to cooperate, learn the skills that it takes to conduct business while enabling its members to personally reap the rewards of its labors.  The successful family business reduces the need for all the above mentioned entities. It is also better adapted to care and respond to its customers, as the company is as focused on serving the community and upholding its reputation.  Tax codes and policy must favor the family business first and foremost.  By encouraging this competitive self-independence in the sphere where communism naturally exists in the family, individuals in America can prosper and restore a unity that has been fractured by an artificial government-led social communist system.