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Yes, McConnell and most Republicans want to avoid the $2K spend which is consistent with their ideology. Trump's support of $2K checks is completely against po

by jariel 6y ago

Yes, McConnell and most Republicans want to avoid the $2K spend which is consistent with their ideology. Trump's support of $2K checks is completely against policy instinct of his side. It's purely populist. The fact so many Trump supporters support these $2K checks now that they are proposed by him, and not 'the other side' - is the clear indication of the policy flip flop among the proles.

AnthonyMouse 6y ago
> Yes, McConnell and most Republicans want to avoid the $2K spend which is consistent with their ideology. It's consistent with their politics, for the reasons already mentioned. The major US political parties don't have any consistent ideology. > Trump's support of $2K checks is completely against policy instinct of his side. It's purely populist. Explain why Milton Friedman and others like him on "their side" supported a negative income tax, which is effectively the same thing as sending the checks.
- jariel 6y ago
  ". The major US political parties don't have any consistent ideology." Yes they do. You are missing the point with Milton Friedman. This is not about 'what works and what doesn't work. This isn't about ideas or their validity. This is about populism and opinions. The 'Right' consistently, ideologically wants 'Restrained spending, balanced budgets, possibly military spending and supply-side economics, Constitutional Originalism, fairly free markets, limited social spending. The 'Left' wants deficit spending, demand side economics (i.e. stimulus cheques) etc. etc.. This is very, very consistent throughout the last many decades. Donald Trump flipped the narrative by pushing for 'free money' for people, which is something 'the Left' has been pushing for hard since the start of the pandemic, and which was consistently rebuffed by the GOP - both sides consistent with their ideology. Because Trump followers support him and don't even understand their own ideology, they think anything he says is 'Conservative' even when it's not. So commenters in Fox News are all huff and puff about 'hard working people need that money' the day Trump made the claim, even though for months, 'the Left' had been pushing that only to rebuked by Fox News readers as being 'socialism'. The plebes are often dumb, and believe whatever their populist leaders tell them, even if it's directly against their own supposed ideologies. This basically the nature of the article.
  - AnthonyMouse 6y ago
    > The 'Right' consistently, ideologically wants 'Restrained spending, balanced budgets, possibly military spending and supply-side economics, Constitutional Originalism, fairly free markets, limited social spending. Those things are consistent with neither one another nor the actual behavior of Republicans. How are restrained spending and profligate military spending consistent with one another, when they're opposites? When was the last Republican administration to lower the deficit or cut Social Security or Medicare?

by jariel 6y ago

AnthonyMouse 6y ago

> Yes, McConnell and most Republicans want to avoid the $2K spend which is consistent with their ideology. It's consistent with their politics, for the reasons already mentioned. The major US political parties don't have any consistent ideology. > Trump's support of $2K checks is completely against policy instinct of his side. It's purely populist. Explain why Milton Friedman and others like him on "their side" supported a negative income tax, which is effectively the same thing as sending the checks.

jariel 6y ago
". The major US political parties don't have any consistent ideology." Yes they do. You are missing the point with Milton Friedman. This is not about 'what works and what doesn't work. This isn't about ideas or their validity. This is about populism and opinions. The 'Right' consistently, ideologically wants 'Restrained spending, balanced budgets, possibly military spending and supply-side economics, Constitutional Originalism, fairly free markets, limited social spending. The 'Left' wants deficit spending, demand side economics (i.e. stimulus cheques) etc. etc.. This is very, very consistent throughout the last many decades. Donald Trump flipped the narrative by pushing for 'free money' for people, which is something 'the Left' has been pushing for hard since the start of the pandemic, and which was consistently rebuffed by the GOP - both sides consistent with their ideology. Because Trump followers support him and don't even understand their own ideology, they think anything he says is 'Conservative' even when it's not. So commenters in Fox News are all huff and puff about 'hard working people need that money' the day Trump made the claim, even though for months, 'the Left' had been pushing that only to rebuked by Fox News readers as being 'socialism'. The plebes are often dumb, and believe whatever their populist leaders tell them, even if it's directly against their own supposed ideologies. This basically the nature of the article.
- AnthonyMouse 6y ago
  > The 'Right' consistently, ideologically wants 'Restrained spending, balanced budgets, possibly military spending and supply-side economics, Constitutional Originalism, fairly free markets, limited social spending. Those things are consistent with neither one another nor the actual behavior of Republicans. How are restrained spending and profligate military spending consistent with one another, when they're opposites? When was the last Republican administration to lower the deficit or cut Social Security or Medicare?