The Greatest Irony in American Politics That Could Upend CongressThis Fall
Pay attention to what they do, not what they say.
There is a myth floating around that says that the GOP stands for freedom and that the Democrats do not. I’ve seen this over and over again. The GOP says that they want lower taxes, fewer regulations, and a smaller government. Then they point to the Democrats and call them out as socialists. The GOP refers to Democrats as the villain of freedom, but they omit their own love for government.
In economics, the GOP will point to their relentless drive to reduce the number of regulations businesses must follow. They score victories by increasing the burden that government must overcome to enact new regulations. They score more victories by enacting tax cuts, too.
But they’re very quiet on how much they’d like to regulate our private lives. Someone wrote the following passage. I can’t remember where it’s from. But it just sort of hung with me. He was writing about abortion opponents. I think it’s a good general statement on the hypocrisy we can observe on the right.
The main difference between you and me is I realize we all have that line in the sand of when it is and isn’t ok but I think each person should decide that for themselves and you believe you should decide…
