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Post by iamkristinl16 on Oct 3, 2022 11:46:46 GMT
Cost of living seems to be their banner issue this year, but I have yet to hear of any specific plan on how they would “fix” inflation. This morning on CNN they were interviewing voters in a swing district. When one politician was asked how inflation was the incumbents fault, his response was “well look, she voted with Nancy Pelosi 98% of the time” which is exactly what the republicans in my area use as a reason not to vote for a democrat. Nothing concrete, just that it just be democrats fault.
I don’t think republicans have an actual plan (and I don’t really know what can even be done since inflation is a worldwide problem and the government doesn’t set prices). Can anyone point to someone who has a good, concrete plan on “fixing” inflation?
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Post by paperaddictedpea on Oct 3, 2022 11:49:46 GMT
I doubt it - I definitely haven’t seen or heard any plan. I’m still waiting for the Republican healthcare plan that we were supposed to hear about a decade ago.
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Post by lisae on Oct 3, 2022 11:56:44 GMT
Fixing a problem? That isn't a Republican strategy. Seriously, they really don't fix problems. During Trump's first 3 years in office, 2 of them with Republican House and Senate, the only legislation passed was the tax cut which wasn't aimed a fixing problems. It was based on the idea that putting more money in people's hands will stimulate the economy. Mostly that doesn't work as the economy is based on supply and demand.
However, those same Republicans think the entire cause of inflation was too much government spending, which put too much money in people's hands. No one will ever get them to understand the duplicity of their arguments. Also most of the money we received from the government during the pandemic came from Trump, not Biden. $1800 per person during the Trump admin and $1400 during Biden's. Personally I was against all plans to just hand out money whether people needed it or not. The spending should have been more targeted. Worse for Republicans is that those damn Democrats are going to raise taxes on somebody to pay for their spending, which is aimed at fixing a problem. Not all Democratic spending gets where it is going but there is at least some effort to fix a problem and pay for it.
So Republicans think Democratic spending is to blame and their 'fix' is to vote against any spending bill that comes along except for the war in Ukraine where the parties seem to be united that we must help defeat Russia.
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Post by paulao on Oct 3, 2022 12:09:21 GMT
Their solution is to rabble rouse and blame Democrats, effectively shifting the blame, the problem, and the solution off their shoulders. I guess they think if they ignore it, it will go away,
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Post by Merge on Oct 3, 2022 12:18:32 GMT
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Oct 3, 2022 12:19:12 GMT
I certainly hope voters don’t fall for their statements like “I can’t afford to live with democrats policies, can you?”
I wish democrats had a way to combat that but I’m not sure what would be effective. Either they say they also have a plan (when there really isn’t much to be done) or say that there government isn’t the answer to inflation. One thing that I think could help is increasing the number of work visas. But that also wouldn’t be popular with republicans.
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Post by Merge on Oct 3, 2022 13:50:46 GMT
I certainly hope voters don’t fall for their statements like “I can’t afford to live with democrats policies, can you?” I wish democrats had a way to combat that but I’m not sure what would be effective. Either they say they also have a plan (when there really isn’t much to be done) or say that there government isn’t the answer to inflation. One thing that I think could help is increasing the number of work visas. But that also wouldn’t be popular with republicans. Yeah, we have a lot of voters who are just like, uh, things were cheaper when Trump was president. They’re the same crowd who generally fails to understand that correlation doesn’t equal causation. |
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Post by maryland on Oct 3, 2022 14:02:01 GMT
I don't think so. I think they just want to complain, and it they were in charge, they would just make it worse. They had years to "fix" Obamacare that they always complained about and I don't think they did anything to make it better. So I think they just complain, then don't fix the problem, then blame it on the Democrats.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Oct 3, 2022 14:06:10 GMT
I certainly hope voters don’t fall for their statements like “I can’t afford to live with democrats policies, can you?” I wish democrats had a way to combat that but I’m not sure what would be effective. Either they say they also have a plan (when there really isn’t much to be done) or say that there government isn’t the answer to inflation. One thing that I think could help is increasing the number of work visas. But that also wouldn’t be popular with republicans. I would reply that I can’t afford to retire with republican policies, since every time the republicans are in charge the national deficit skyrockets and their answer is to slash Social Security, Medicare and other social safety nets to “get spending under control” when in fact it’s their tax cuts and trickle down economics that put us in that situation. |
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Oct 3, 2022 15:16:33 GMT
Fixing a problem? That isn't a Republican strategy. Seriously, they really don't fix problems. During Trump's first 3 years in office, 2 of them with Republican House and Senate, the only legislation passed was the tax cut which wasn't aimed a fixing problems. It was based on the idea that putting more money in people's hands will stimulate the economy. Mostly that doesn't work as the economy is based on supply and demand. However, those same Republicans think the entire cause of inflation was too much government spending, which put too much money in people's hands. No one will ever get them to understand the duplicity of their arguments. Also most of the money we received from the government during the pandemic came from Trump, not Biden. $1800 per person during the Trump admin and $1400 during Biden's. Personally I was against all plans to just hand out money whether people needed it or not. The spending should have been more targeted. Worse for Republicans is that those damn Democrats are going to raise taxes on somebody to pay for their spending, which is aimed at fixing a problem. Not all Democratic spending gets where it is going but there is at least some effort to fix a problem and pay for it. So Republicans think Democratic spending is to blame and their 'fix' is to vote against any spending bill that comes along except for the war in Ukraine where the parties seem to be united that we must help defeat Russia. I've actually been seeing a lot of conservative tweets about sending money to Florida instead of Ukraine in the last few days. So I wonder if their narrative is shifting, or if it will just be a select few. The most recent that I saw if from Matt Gaetz. |
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Post by scrappinmama on Oct 3, 2022 15:22:06 GMT
They don't have a plan. Remember when they were going to fix healthcare? They had the power to do so during Trump's administration, but they did nothing. They love to complain about problems that they claim are caused by Democrats, but they do nothing to fix them. Plus, they are the ones who love to run up a deficit to begin with!
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Post by femalebusiness on Oct 3, 2022 15:42:07 GMT
Republicans have no plans for anything except sticking it to Democrats. That is their single strategy.
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Post by huskergal on Oct 3, 2022 17:13:39 GMT
Other than limiting access to abortion, do the Republicans have a platform?
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Post by scrapngranny on Oct 3, 2022 20:25:18 GMT
The same one they had for building the wall.
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Post by leftturnonly on Oct 4, 2022 0:28:35 GMT
I don’t think republicans have an actual plan What you think is irrelevant to the existence of a plan by the Republicans. Why look anywhere else? This is what the Republicans (and I am not a Republican) directly say is their plan. The Republican Commitment to AmericaWhat I quoted is not the step-by-step breakdown of how to reverse inflation that will be employed, but it is going directly to the source and not expecting to hear the truth simply by relying on opinions from unashamedly biased people who are anti-anything Republican. |
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Post by onelasttime on Oct 4, 2022 0:40:01 GMT
I don’t think republicans have an actual plan What you think is irrelevant to the existence of a plan by the Republicans. Why look anywhere else? This is what the Republicans (and I am not a Republican) directly say is their plan. The Republican Commitment to AmericaWhat I quoted is not the step-by-step breakdown of how to reverse inflation that will be employed, but it is going directly to the source and not expecting to hear the truth simply by relying on opinions from unashamedly biased people who are anti-anything Republican. Well first they have to practice what they preach starting with “ a future that’s built on freedom, and a government that’s accountable.” 😀 |
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Oct 4, 2022 0:43:44 GMT
I don’t think republicans have an actual plan What you think is irrelevant to the existence of a plan by the Republicans. Why look anywhere else? This is what the Republicans (and I am not a Republican) directly say is their plan. The Republican Commitment to AmericaWhat I quoted is not the step-by-step breakdown of how to reverse inflation that will be employed, but it is going directly to the source and not expecting to hear the truth simply by relying on opinions from unashamedly biased people who are anti-anything Republican. There are a lot of words there that sound good, but in actuality they do the opposite. |
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Post by femalebusiness on Oct 4, 2022 0:47:59 GMT
That's not a plan.
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