Month: September 2015

GOP Debate Roundup 2.0

My commentary on the second GOP Presidential debate. Again, I realize this happened a while ago, but wanted to provide my commentary I wrote up at the time.

Marco Rubio – He tries so hard. Too bad his opening joke fell flat. I want to like him, but he seems like the awkward teen just trying to fit in. He seems like a nice guy, he seems pretty smart, I just don’t ever really hear anything that’s really differentiating about him. He doesn’t have any “front-page” grabbing policy positions, so I’m not really into Rubio.

Mike Huckabee – The only thing about him I can support is that he’s in favor of  the “fair” tax plan. While I’m not in favor of government taxes in general, we definitely should not be taxing production. If we’re going to have any tax, it should be on the activity that detracts from economic growth (i.e., consumption). However, we shouldn’t go so far as to create a value added tax (VAT) which taxes every step of production. I’m worried moving to a consumption tax will open the door to implementing that sort of tax regime.

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GOP Debate Roundup (1st Debate)

Here’s a bit of commentary that I had following the first GOP Presidential debate. I know this happened weeks ago, but worth posting to provide some insight into how I view these candidates.

Donald Trump – The best thing about Trump is that he doesn’t care about being politically correct. He’s correct that being PC is one of the biggest issues in this country. Too many of us libertarians or mostly conservatives let the left bully us around. We don’t say what we NEED to say because we know we’ll be called racists, bigots, poor haters, etc. (which is the way the left debates – no substance so revert to name calling) Other than that, Donald Trump is a democrat in republican’s clothing (i.e., RINO). I’m on the fence on whether the world would consider us a laughing stock for electing him, but I then remember Ronald Reagan was a Hollywood guy too. Either way, he’s not for me.
Ted Cruz – He’s possibly the only republican I could really get behind. I do love that he stands on principle and isn’t afraid to shut the government down over something that’s actually important. In fact, we’d all be better off if we just let the government shut down for a couple of years. I’m not sure he would get elected in a general because he can’t move left on social issues, which is what most independents care about.

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