There was a quote back in the 1990s, I believe it was attributed to Dick Armey, the congressman from TX-26, but unsure after all these years: “Republicans are afraid the voters won’t understand. Democrats are afraid the voters will understand.”

(10-24-2018 05:46 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  The Republicans are too concerned with retaining office over doing what is right for the country or proposing alternatives.

I’m not sure that all Republicans really have the capacity to understand the underlying fiscal/budgetary/economic issues. Some do.

But more than that, I’m not sure why they have a moral obligation to willingly volunteer to (politically speaking) die trying to climb the steepest partisan hill in existence.

Quote:So instead we're just going to let these programs coast until they implode.

Barring real, sustained cooperation from Democrats to implement a reality-based agenda... Yes.