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Monday, August 8, 2022

Op-ed:
Recession: America's New Norm?
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots / Right Side Patriots Radio

“We're not going to be in a recession...My hope is we go from this rapid growth to a steady growth...I don't think we're going to see a recession."                            - Joe Biden words spoken on Monday July 26, 2022 

Even some Democrats see it...see that the good times, economically speaking that is, are but a thing of the Trump administration's past. “Economic recovery,” which Biden and his propagandists in the liberal media keep bantering about, has proven to be not only a misnomer but an out-and-out lie for the economic prosperity seen under President Trump has now morphed, under Joe Biden, into a full blown economic disaster.

“Recession” it's called no matter that the Democrat powers that be keep trying to alter its definition. And it's here for the long stay not because it has to be, but because the Democrats need more folks looking to the federal government for help which translates into more folks pulling the “D” lever come November's midterm election. After all, few tend to bite the hand that feeds, clothes, and houses them. But hopefully this drastic downturn in our economy will prove the Democrats wrong for it's not just the lower and middle class being affected by the now “recession,” but also the upper class and the job creators. An equal opportunity government caused disaster looming large over us all.

And while folks have been forced to spend more on staples like groceries and gas at the pumps due to record high prices on foodstuffs and Biden's forced importing of oil, economic indicators show that overall consumer spending is now basically “flat.” And while the current 40-year high in inflation itself tends to mask the scale of what in reality is a dangerous across the board major economic slowdown, the Democrats still refuse to utter let alone accept the “r” word as today's reality, for they have calculatingly changed the very definition of “recession” to meet their party's...to meet Obama's...anti-capitalism, pro-socialism agenda. 

But what actually constitutes a “recession” and how does “recession” affect consumer spending? First, a “recession” is simply a significant decline in economic activity that can last for as little as a few months or can last for years. In fact, history shows that recession tends to come in tandem when an energy crisis is at hand...as it is now. And with energy comprising 7% of our total GDP (gross domestic product), one can understand why economic experts agree that a “recession” happens when a nation’s economy experiences negative GDP growth for two consecutive fiscal quarters, unemployment levels rise, retail sales fall, along with manufacturing slowing and incomes declining for an extended period of time. 

And dare not forget that both “inflation” and “deflation” plays into “recession” what with “inflation” being the overall upwards trend in prices over a given period of time, and with “deflation” being when prices steadily decline causing wages to “contract.” And this in turn depresses prices as both businesses and consumers simply stop spending which itself then undermines a nation's economy.

Basically, “inflation,” at times, can and does lead to “deflation” and visa-versa, what with central banks then being forced to try to control “inflation” by raising interest rates which, in turn, depresses economic activity even further. A vicious ongoing cycle of what is an unavoidable so-called “expansion and contraction” of a given nation's economy made worse when both “inflation” and “recession” go on at the same time. And for us here in the U.S. heaven forbid if the “recession” we're now in...thanks to Biden and crew...were to morph into an actual “depression”...a “depression” where the economic impact on our country will be even greater what with accompanying steep drops in our GDP and higher unemployment rates, thus allowing time itself to become the enemy in regards to an actual economic recovery. And dare not forget that if America was to enter a “depression” it most surely would spread worldwide.

And sadly, here I must say welcome to today's America where “We the People's” pocketbooks do run dry while high-paid politicians laugh all the way to the bank, and where talk of “depression” must now not be taken off the proverbial table...surely not as long as ILLEGALS keep bleeding America's monetary coffers dry.

So why do I even bring the issue of ILLEGALS into the “recession” mix? While many claim that immigrants...  “legal” immigrants...lead to an increase in “innovation, education, and economic productivity”...which is certainly true...ILLEGALS as a whole not only take away much needed low level and entry level jobs from hurting American citizens, but they come here with their hands out for the Democrats promised “free stuff,” thus placing an added strain on our already hurting economy. And while reality shows that nothing is ever really “free,” the ever escalating amounts of monies now being spent on welfare and such for ILLEGALS is paramount, in my opinion, to the government's stealing our taxpayer dollars (in exchange for votes) at a time when many Americans truly are now living paycheck to paycheck. 

And the actual ILLEGAL numbers do now speak for themselves for the Biden administration, to date, has allowed over two million ILLEGALS to enter our country, and if that's not bad enough, by the end of his term we will see six million ILLEGALS residing in our country which will allow today's “recession” to drag on even longer than it might normally have done. Simply, with the majority of Americans now monetarily hurting it should be Americans first and all others be damned.

And here's a possible nightmare scenario that could indeed happen if this “recession” were to linger on for an extended period of time. First, more jobs most surely would be lost leading unemployment numbers to rise which in turn makes it harder for one to find a job not only because more folks are out looking for work, but because companies and businesses, both large and small, will be forced to drastically cutback or even shutdown for without folks being able to purchase what businesses or a given company produces they cannot afford to keep their operations afloat. And if one is lucky enough to keep their job during what could be a prolonged “recession,” they face the likely scenario of seeing both their paychecks and their benefits being cut. 

And don't think that those folks able to invest in the stock market won't be hurt as well for during a “recession” stocks, bonds, and real estate also visit the losing end as savings dwindle affecting many investors retirement plans as well as their monetary portfolios. Even worse, imagine what would happen if you couldn’t pay your monthly bills or make your mortgage or rent payment because you've lost your job...imagine both the reality and the ramifications of possibly not only actually losing your home but all your tangible assets as well. And know that “lenders” (read “banks” here) will also be affected thus forcing them to tighten their qualifications for mortgages...as in one would need either a better credit score, a larger down payment, or both in some cases...in order to receive a mortgage or even a car loan. Simply, all modes of general financing would be affected including monies needed for both new start-up businesses and businesses hurting as a direct cause of the “recession." 

And we can thank the “tax and spend” Democrats and especially Joe Biden for the above stated possible scenario...a scenario that is on the brink of being the new norm for way too many Americans. 

So what is the Democrats answer to now record high inflation caused solely by their out of control spending coupled with our economy officially having entered an actual “recession?” Their answer is as expected...to once again raise taxes no matter that over 90+ million American households say they are having a hard time meeting daily expenses; no matter that the bulk of the tax monies raised will be funneled into their Green New Deal nonsense which is but another name for the Democrats war on what was under President Trump, America's much heralded energy independence.

No matter it all for remember above all else that the Democrats...that Joe Biden himself...loves to blame Putin for all our economic woes when the truth is that they alone are masters of manipulation who want to control each and every aspect of “We the People's” lives ranging from the jobs we hold; to the cars we drive; to the food we eat and the groceries we buy; to how we power, heat, and cool our homes; to the medical treatment we receive or are not allowed (under ObamaCare) to receive; to what our children are taught in both public and private schools and universities; to the right to kill unborn babies, and so very much more...pronouns not excluded.

Simply do as the current powers that be tell us to do, believe their words as both scientific and gospel truth, think what they tell us to think or else pay the consequences in jobs lost, monies gone, and freedoms cast to the wind...and might I sadly add the Constitution be damned. 

So what is the solution to the Democrats deliberately created economic woes? First, it's very important to remember that Republicans always support the pursuit of prosperity minus government interference; and that Republicans support both tax and regulation cuts for businesses, thus naturally allowing for more jobs to be created which, in turn, will increase overall economic growth; while Democrats erroneously believe that by reducing (self-perceived) income inequality economic growth will follow as will spending vs. saving as they buy into the Keynesian economic theory that government should always spend its way out of a “recession”..differences on par with day vs. night.

But to put it in quite simplistic terms, in order to end this “recession” and return to the prosperity we saw under President Trump, all Democrats need to be voted out of office not just this upcoming November 8th, but in 2024 as well for not to do so might just be our republics ultimate downfall where Obama's “fundamental change” sadly becomes America's new norm. Case closed.

 Copyright © 2022 / Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All rights reserved. 

 
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Friday, May 17, 2019

Op-ed:
The Trump Effect x Three
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio

Recently some of my readers have asked me what exactly do I think the “Trump Effect” is, and that I can answer in one simple word, “patriotism.” Unabashed “patriotism” to such a degree that now under Trump's stewardship America sees herself, “We the People,” and the Constitution coming first unlike that of the previous president. And while the left will always say the “Trump Effect” is a bad thing, that judgment is colored by their inability to define or even access his presidency fairly...their emotions always get the best of them. And that's sad as the lefts hatred of Donald Trump the man will never allow them to see let alone acknowledge all the good he has done for our country.

So let's start with but three most recent “good things” courtesy of the “Trump Effect.”

Read entire article here: https://thepatriotfactor.blogspot.com/2019/05/op-ed-trump-effect-x-three-by-diane.html

Thursday, May 16, 2019

Op-ed:
The Trump Effect x Three
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio

Recently some of my readers have asked me what exactly do I think the “Trump Effect” is, and that I can answer in one simple word, “patriotism.” Unabashed “patriotism” to such a degree that now under Trump's stewardship America sees herself, “We the People,” and the Constitution coming first unlike that of the previous president. And while the left will always say the “Trump Effect” is a bad thing, that judgment is colored by their inability to define or even access his presidency fairly...their emotions always get the best of them. And that's sad as the lefts hatred of Donald Trump the man will never allow them to see let alone acknowledge all the good he has done for our country.

So let's start with but three most recent “good things” courtesy of the “Trump Effect.”

“Good thing” number one: the Trump economic juggernaut keeps rolling along and when a country's economy is strong that equates to said country being able to successfully flex its muscle in every other aspect as well. Without a strong economy nothing else really matters, and under Donald Trump's leadership America's economy is booming no matter what the Democrats say.

Take the newest jobs numbers for example...the Department of Labor's April 2019 jobs report shows that the U.S. added 263,000 new hires in April with the unemployment rate falling to 3.6%...the lowest it's been in 50 years. And this easily beats Wall Street's projection of 190,000 jobs being created and an unemployment rate of 3.8%.

Also, with wage growth being above three percent for the past nine consecutive months, we now see the average hourly pay rate reaching $27.77 no matter that the average work week dropped 0.1 hours to 34.4 hours. And with business services, construction, and health care jobs gaining the most in new hires...all key economic indicators now point towards both a robust and sustainable economic growth pattern being in place for quite a few years...enough years so to become the longest in U.S. history.

Not too shabby is it...and it's all thanks to President Donald Trump.

Now here's something else not a bit too shabby...the all-important GDP increased by 3.2% during the first quarter of this year, while productivity jumped 3.6%...its best gain in five years. Even pending home sales rose by 3.8% in March leading into April, leaving open the possibility that interest rates will either be held in check or cut by up to a full percentage point...something President Trump would like to see.

So much for Pelosi and crew's doom and gloom economic scenario for the good news continues on with economic data showing that during the first quarter of 2019, the U.S. Treasury showed an almost mind-blowing $160.3 billion surplus in April alone.

And what's led to this economic success story...the “Trump Effect” called "tax cuts." And yet many Democrat presidential wannabees...including so-called moderate Democrat Joe Biden and socialist proponent Bernie Sanders say they will repeal Trump's tax cuts if they should become president.

Nothing like the Democrats wanting to replace what works with what doesn't work.

And Democrats are also unhappy over President Trump's doubling U.S. tariffs from 10% to 25% on $200 billion in Chinese imports into our country. Saying that this move, which took affect last Friday at 12:01 EST, will escalate a trade war between China and the U.S., what most of the Democrats don't see is the big picture and the fact that tariffs work. How so...tariffs force U.S. businesses to shift away from Chinese to American suppliers thus hurting China's economy which in turn forces the Chinese to make needed concessions... concessions benefiting our country which right now spends four times more on Chinese goods than China spends on our goods. And isn't this what these tariffs are all about... making “Made in America” goal number one.. I know it is for our president...it should be for Democrats too.

"Good thing” number two: America is flexing her military muscle once again, something long overdo thanks to our previous president. Last week President Trump approved the deployment of a Patriot missile defense battery and yet another warship to the Middle East due to what he rightfully said was "heightened Iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations" against both our and our allied countries...Israel most specifically. In fact, the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) had previously stated that since early May there has been an increased possibility of Iran or its regional proxies taking action against U.S. and partner interests. One just has to look to May 4th and 5th when 700 Iranian-supplied Hamas rockets reigned down on Israeli civilian population centers to see Trump's words as truth.

And soon after MARAD's announcement the Pentagon released its own statement that “the U.S. is postured and ready to defend U.S. forces and interests in the region" and that the USS Arlington...already scheduled to go to the region...would see its date being moved up so as to provide “enhanced command and control capabilities”... "capabilities" including said Patriot missiles...for the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group, already in position in the Red Sea. Also, a U.S. air force bomber task force, including B-52 bombers, recently arrived at the U.S. airbase Al Udeid in Qatar.

And Iran's response to this show of force...Iran dismissed these moves as nothing but "psychological warfare" on Trump's part designed to intimidate its government while Iran's semi-official Isna news agency quoted senior Iranian cleric, Yousef Tabatabai-Nejad, as saying that the U.S. military fleet could be "destroyed with one missile.”

And so the chess game begins again but this time Iran is up against a chess master not an islamic condoner.

But if truth be told ever since Trump rightfully removed the U.S. from Obama's very bad nuclear deal...thank you President Trump...and reimposed even stricter sanctions on Iran...it was all but a given that Iran would eventually threaten to cut off all shipments of oil to the U.K., China, France, Germany and Russia if they didn't help to “shield” Iran from said sanctions. And this showdown and show of force was not only destined to happen but had actually been escalating in the weeks prior to Trump's now taking military action.

So as Iran continues to claim that its current actions are solely in response to what they call Trump's “economically crippling sanctions,” and with Iran's continuing bloviations to close the vital Strait of Hormuz through which almost a fifth of all the oil consumed globally passes...they now are threatening to target for reprisal commercial vessels, oil tankers, and U.S. military vessels in both the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. This leaves one to wonder if the mullahs really are stupid enough to believe that a man like President Trump will just sit back and do nothing...not a chance as Iran is clearly bating the U.S. for war... with Israel of course being target number one.

But Iran best not play this game with President Trump for it will not end well for them as we and the military “Trump Effect” will see to that. Bye-bye mullahs...enjoy your 72 virgins... enjoy them all in hell.

“Good thing” number three: has the “Trump Effect” now seeing a rightful Republican backlash...a backlash that would never dare be seen when Barack HUSSEIN Obama was president...a backlash against none other than House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who, on the request of Texas Democrat Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, had the unmitigated gall to allow a well-known radical anti-Semite and an avowed Hamas supporter, an imam by the name of Omar Suleiman, to deliver the daily prayer before the House of Representatives late last week.
delivered the daily prayer at the House of Representatives onRead more: https://forward.com/fast-forward/424100/imam-omar-suleiman-israel-nazis-bds-prayer-house-congress/
delivered the daily prayer at the House of Representatives onRead more: https://forward.com/fast-forward/424100/imam-omar-suleiman-israel-nazis-bds-prayer-house-congress/deliver the daily prayer before the House of Representatives last week.

Claiming her decision regarding Suleiman came after being “dismayed” about the controversy surrounding Ilhan Omar's anti-Semitic comments, pray tell how does a prayer by Palestinian activist Omar Suleiman...founder and president of the radical Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research, a supporter of the anti-Israel “Boycott, Divest and Sanction” (BDS) movement who also aligns himself with the Muslim Brotherhood and its American “front group” CAIR...exactly how does that or any prayer right any wrong spewed from Ilhan Omar's mouth...simply it does not nor were Suliman's words ever meant to.

In fact, Suleiman's words were planned to make things worse, which was obviously Nancy Pelosi's goal as her recent actions or lack thereof are proving that she herself is an anti-Semite. Why else would she allow the very man who relishes in not only pushing anti-Semitic tropes about how Israel controls U.S. foreign policy...which it does not...and who continuously whines that Israel is the 51st state of the U.S...foolhardy words indeed...yet words I cannot find being condemned by House Speaker Pelosi.

And even though it's after the fact, some prominent muslims are now questioning Pelosi's decision including muslim reformer Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, who stated that Omar Suleiman “represents the Islamist establishment,” adding, “This ‘scholar’ is not a moderate…” and that, “It is absurd if not bigotry to think a man who holds these positions represents most American Muslims.”

Well Dr, Jasser, while Omar Suleiman might not represent most American muslims he surely does represent Pelosi and the other anti-Semitic sorts in Congress who, like him, hate both Israel and the Jewish people. And in her allowing this slap in the face to American Jews and our ally Israel, Pelosi has willingly allowed the halls of Congress to be forever stained.

I think New York Rep. Lee Zeldin (@RepLeeZeldin) said it best when he tweeted that it was, “Totally unacceptable that @SpeakerPelosi had Omar Suleiman give the opening prayer yesterday in the House. He compares Israel to the Nazis & calls them terrorists, supports Muslim Brotherhood, incites violence calling for a Palestinian antifada & the end of zionism, etc. Bad call pic.twitter.com/bZakjQVwsJ.”

Bad call Ms. Pelosi...very bad call indeed.

And as we knew would happen when anyone dare call a Democrat or a muslim to task, when Suleimen was questioned by the media regarding those now speaking out against his giving the invocation, he blamed the brouhaha not on his own radical islamist and anti-Semitic views, but on a campaign waged by “creepy obscure right wing sites [designed] to flood the internet with vicious smears.”

And know it's only a matter of time before the Democrats twist the truth and blame Trump himself for the backlash against both Pelosi and Suleiman. It always seems to be that way when Democrats and muslims get knocked down by the steamroller known as the "Trump Effect."

And so these are but three of the current “good things” courtesy of the “Trump Effect.” It really is sad that most Democrats cannot see all the “good things” President Trump has done, but then again maybe some Democrats can...maybe it's just that their blindly followed political ideologies will not allow them to publicly acknowledge it. There's always the privacy of the 2020 voting booth...we can only hope that those Democrats acknowledge Trump's “good things” in the end.

Copyright @ 2019 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All Rights Reserved.

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Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Op-ed:
John F. Kennedy: A Democrat No More
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio

“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
- John F. Kennedy in his 1960 inaugural address

Don't you just love how political “what ifs” always seem to crop up when the federal government changes hands as happened on January 2nd when the Democrats took control of the House. But one “what if” that never seems to go away no matter which party controls what, is “what if” JFK were alive today...would he be a Republican or would he remain a Democrat.

Well, my answer to that question is that if former President John F. Kennedy (JFK) was alive today, I believe, he would have left the Democrat party and become a Republican. I even think Kennedy would be ashamed to have ever been associated with a party that has now become a bunch of far left liberals, progressives, misogynists, and miscreants who favor free-for-all socialism over democracy and hard work...a party who puts their selfish quest for votes and power over the good of the very country they took an oath to protect and whose laws they vowed to uphold.

Kennedy would sadly find that the Democrat party of today is unrecognizable from the middle-of-the-road Democrat party of his day. Middle-of-the-road indeed as his Democrat party would not have looked away on the issue of illegal immigration; would not have negotiated with, bowed down to nor sold us out to dangerous religious ideologs like the mullahs in Iran and surely would not have allowed terrorism to fester and grow overseas let alone gain a foothold here on American soil; nor would Kennedy's Democrat party have allowed grown men to have access to ladies public bathrooms or attack Christians for refusing to bake a wedding cake for an openly gay couple.

And in JFK's heyday there was no Democrat party talk of doing away with the Second Amendment for besides JFK himself being an NRA member, the Democrats of 50+ years ago did indeed honor the U.S. Constitution and the rights it afforded 'We the People' unlike the Democrats of today. And in Kennedy's day there truly existed a belief in American exceptionalism...which today's Democrats do not have nor want...and Kennedy took that belief and turned into both a vision and the reality of man walking upon the moon...a vision of exceptionalism he did not live to see reach fruition but a vision that without him might never have been.

So while Kennedy, if he had lived, might have accepted some, but not all, of the social issues that are the part and parcel core principals of today's truly misguided Democrat party...after all he did refer to himself as a liberal in a 1960 speech and was the very man who actually launched Medicare and initiated food stamps...however with him being a devout and practicing Roman Catholic, Kennedy would never have agreed with today's Democrats on the issue of abortion. 

Nor would JFK agree with today's Democrats on foreign policy matters in general or on economics in specific for the man who championed a policy of lowering taxes said in 1962 that, “the Federal Government’s most useful role is not to rush into a program of excessive increases in public expenditures, but to expand the incentives and opportunities for private expenditures...” ...a Republican core principal...was the same man who boldly stood up to Nikita Khrushchev's Soviet Union, thus preventing the Cuban Missile Crisis from turning into World War III.

And JFK would never back down, cater to, or condone those out today to kill us all for this was a man who unlike Democrats today did not fear naming America's enemy...he did it with the Soviet Union and today he'd do it again with islam. And Kennedy would have dealt with islam's violent sorts like he did with Khrushchev, in the open and with more than just a mere threat of using conventional force...but with using nuclear force if need be...for the man who was a WWII hero would not have accepted let alone abide by the politically correct nonsense of acquiescing to enemy that most of those in today's Democrat party consider to be their new foreign policy norm.

Remember, JFK was not a party-driven president but a president who in the short time he served, did his best for the entire nation not just for those of his party. And while today's Democrats still like to think of themselves as the party of JFK, that thought belongs to their minds alone for JFK was never an obstructionist like today's Democrats are...he was a true champion of bipartisanship...a very dirty and politically incorrect word in today's Democrat-speak.

And to today's Democrats chagrin, Kennedy, who was decidedly against communism, was just as decidedly against big government, a Democrat mainstay, and he actually said, “I do not believe in a super state” and that, “I do not favor state compulsion when voluntary individual effort can do the job and do it well.” JFK was an advocate for low deficits; he believed in a strong dollar, free trade, tax cuts, free enterprise, free market capitalism, and individual responsibility; thus truly making him more inline with today's Republican party than with today's Democrat party who seem to also forget these words of Kennedy's, the “philosophy of the free market is not a partisan philosophy but is as old as freedom itself.”

And it was the Democrat party of JFK that died in that fateful motorcade through Dallas, Texas on Friday November 22, 1963 at 12:30 pm CT only to be reborn with LBJ...Lyndon Baines Johnson...the so-called champion of social justice and equality whose "Great Society" created more problems for this country than he or it ever solved. And from that very birth once honorable Democrats, for whatever reason, allowed their party to be hijacked and turned into a party of abject progressivism, misguided inclusion, and overt socialism that would most surely have JFK turning over in his grave.

And so the free-for-all, God-hating, muslim and illegal condoning Democrat party of Obama, Clinton, Pelosi, and Schumer does its best not only to dishonor JFK...one of their own supposed political icons...but to obstruct and derail any and all legislation today's Republican party proposes no matter if it be in the best interest of our nation...so very anti-Kennedy like if you ask me. So with that said, lets lay out the the core differences between what both parties want in order to understand how and why John F. Kennedy would have left the Democrat party.

First, the Democrats. It's way more than just a bit obvious that today's Democrat party wants government in total control of our lives from cradle to grave with 'Big Brother' (as in big government) watching over us all to be the new societal norm. Democrats want socialism over capitalism with free markets be damned while of course wanting the rich be punished with higher taxes to pay for the gimme-gimme sorts freebies and handouts in exchange for their votes. Democrats will continue to ignore not only the killing of the unborn but also the selling of their body parts to the highest bidder.

And Democrats of course want minority inclusion to always trump Americanism. Obviously they want Medicare for all at our taxpayer expense while wanting minimum wage increases to turn entry level jobs into a career. And at the same time they strive to forever keep us dependent on Arab oil, the Democrat hierarchy will desperately continue on in their quest to see that the Second Amendment and all our firearms go bye-bye. So as the Democrats embrace globalism over American exceptionalism, they are working hard to have our military become but a mere side note while opening wide our borders to all. And ever so unsettling and for reasons not truly understood the party that “booed God” wants God to be permanently banned from all public venues.

Now Republicans (of which I am one) want lower taxes for all with wages to be set by the free market. And we Republicans want personal responsibility for ones actions to override the lefts attempt at collective guilt, while so wanting the government out of our personal lives. We Republicans want increased military spending with our troops fighting to win (war is not a participation trophy event) while at the same time we want Roe v. Wade to be somewhat amended.

Republicans demand capitalism over socialism (which fails every time when government runs out of other people's money), and we see health insurance as something best left to an individual's private discretion. Assimilation and Americanism over blanket inclusion is a Republican must as is no more welfare, handouts, or amnesty given to those who enter our country illegally. The wall must be built post-haste with the closing of our southern border until then if need be, and “America First” is the way it always should be. The U.S. must strive to become totally energy independent, and we Republicans so want the Trump witch hunt to end. And we can't wait for the day when Obama and Hillary are brought up on charges (there are so many to chose from starting with Benghazi); and Republicans want God the Father of us all to be welcomed any and everywhere and surely not mocked.

We Republicans don't really ask for much now do we as all are truly common sense wants...but to Democrats it most certainly seems like too much even though what Republicans currently want is more inline with what JFK wanted some 50+ years ago than it is with what Obama, Hillary, the left side of the aisle, or any Democrat considering running in 2020 wants today.

And remember, anyone who pushed as hard for a large across-the-board tax cut as Kennedy did; anyone who diligently worked to free up markets at home while at the same time pushing for tariff reduction and an increase in foreign trade (JFK held the belief that it would be American consumers who would be benefiting from competitive prices); and anyone who was as cautious about the size of the budget as Kennedy was...truly understood then what President Trump understands now...that only permanent tax cuts provide a true economic stimulus while not increasing the national debt in the long run...the very concept lost on the Democrats of today.

John F. Kennedy truly grasped the concept of fiscal conservatism and would never align himself with today's tax and spend Democrats. In fact, again in a 1960 speech Kennedy stated that, “I see no magic to tax dollars which are sent to Washington and then returned,” which is the epitome of what's referred to as the voodoo economics of Keynesianism...the economic policy where spending output is strongly influenced by aggregate demand.

So while JFK was a Democrat, at heart I believe he was then and would be today a Republican...a fiscally conservative Republican...who if he had not been fatally shot in Dallas was scheduled to say later that day in a speech in Fort Worth that, “by maintaining a more stable level of prices than almost any of our overseas competitors, and by cutting personal and corporate income taxes by some $11 billion, as I have proposed, [we will] assure this Nation of the longest and strongest expansion in our peacetime economic history.”

If that's not Republican-speak than I don't know what is.

Copyright @ 2019 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All Rights Reserved.

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