I’ve been thinking for a while now, that if you want to see what the Republican Party platform will sound like in ten years, simply look at the current Democratic Party platform.
Meanwhile, Corporate America continues to throw dumptrucks full of ∅∅∅∅∅∅ [1] into the campaign coffers on “anti-corporate” Democrat politicians.
And these same Democrats like to advertise themselves as “anti-war,” while not only accepting campaign contributions from Big “Defense” (Raytheon, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, etc.), but they have zero qualms about sending American forces to foreign shores when it suits their causes du jour.
“Republicans believe that some Americans should be forced by the government to pay for the health care of other Americans.
“Republicans support antidiscrimination laws that violate freedom of conscience and the natural rights of private property and free association.
“Republicans believe that Americans should be locked in a cage for possessing substances that the government doesn’t approve of.
“Republicans support an interventionist foreign policy.
“Republicans believe that the U.S. military should police the world.
“Republicans believe that the U.S. military should have bases and troops all over the world.
“Republicans believe that the government should take money from Americans and give it to foreigners and their governments.
“Republicans believe that the government should give students grants and loans.
“Republicans believe that some Americans should receive a refund of tax money that they never paid in.
“Republicans believe in saving the largest socialist program in the United States: Social Security — an intergenerational wealth-redistribution scheme.
“Republicans believe that the government should take money from those who work and give it to those who don’t.
“Republicans believe that the government should operate a rail service.
“Republicans believe in socialized medicine via Medicare and Medicaid.
“Republicans believe that the government should undertake space exploration.
“Republicans believe that the government should provide breakfast and lunch for school children.
“Republicans believe that the government should provide airport security.
“Republicans support federal subsidies to certain occupations and sectors of society: agriculture, the arts, cultural organizations, scientific and medical researchers, and low-income renters.
“Republicans believe that the federal government should have a National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) that Americans must submit to before they can purchase a gun.
“Republicans believe that the federal government should make home loans, guarantee loans, give out housing vouchers, and have a Department of Housing and Urban Development.
“Republicans believe that the federal government should have laws to prohibit or regulate gambling.
“Republicans believe that some Americans should be forced by the government to pay for the education of other Americans and their children.
“Democrats believe and support the exact same things. They just sometimes disagree with Republicans over how much should be spent on them.”
H/T Charles Byrd — Tuesday, 14 February 2023 at 3:09 PM MST
NOTES
- “∅” = Federal Reserve Note — Infogalactic / Wikipedia.
In mathematics, the symbol ∅ is used to denote the empty set, in other words, a set with no elements, a set with nothing in it.
Money used to be backed by some sort of commodity — gold or silver being the most common commodities.
So what exactly is backing the Federal Reserve Note?
I swear, Federal Reserve Notes (“FRNs”) should have printed upon each and every one of them the following:
REDEEMABLE UPON GOVERNMENT DEMAND FROM YOUR LIFE, LIBERTY, AND PROPERTY
