Sunday, November 20, 2016

Full speed ahead

There are a lot of reasons why Trump and the Republicans should tackle as many tasks as possible as soon as possible. Preferably on the afternoon of January 20.
  1. Reagan, Clinton, and Bush all knew how to lead. They were able to work with the other party and actually form consensus on a variety of issues. As a result, their accomplishments survived the next administration - both because the accomplishments were passed by Congress and because the other party had invested in them. Obama, on the other hand, was incapable of leading except by thuggery and deceit. As a result, he got virtually nothing through Congress and what he did get through, had no investment from Republicans. So it can almost all be wiped away with the stroke of a pen on day one. (Trump has a pen and a phone, too.) Time and energy required: essentially zero. Ability for the Democrats to interfere: zero.
  2. The people have been demanding sweeping changes for several election cycles and more or less loathe Congress for not delivering. At last, the people can have their way. There's no excuse. Failure to do so is a betrayal of the American people.
  3. We all know this is exactly what the Democrats would do, if they could. (They'll shriek like babies when the Republicans do it because hypocrisy is the core of who they are.)
  4. Regarding any reforms that are unpopular, the sooner you enact them, the more time people have to get over them.
  5. A great many of the reforms will take years to produce effects that people feel. For instance, repealing all the hysterical roadblocks Obama constructed to obstruct energy development is an excellent idea. But energy prices won't drop the day after these restrictions are lifted. Lift the restrictions immediately so that two years from now when the midterms come, people have begun to harvest the benefits.
  6. The Democrats and the MSM (but I repeat myself) are not going to give Trump and the Republicans a break in any circumstance. So "playing nice" in the hopes of good will in return is insane. Please name one time in the last 20 years when good will gestures from Republicans were met with anything other than vilification and betrayal by the Democrats and MSM. We would love to have a good will relationship with the Democrats. But we don't - by their choice. So don't be Neville Chamberlain.
  7. Last, but certainly not least, Republicans know that the reforms they want to enact are for the good of the country. (This is in stark contrast to the Democrats, by the way. Unfettered illegal immigration - the hallmark of the Dems - is entirely for the purpose of serving the Dems (by getting them elected permanently), not for the purpose of serving the country.) Given that they're for the good of the country, it's a moral obligation to enact these changes as quickly as possible.

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