Would the rhetoric be any different if it was a President Cruz
27 Dec 2016 Leave a comment
in politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election
It is important to differentiate between those shortcomings of Donald Trump that will result in him being ineffective as opposed to dangerous.
In domestic affairs, he will be a rather ineffective Republican president. His administration will have little idea of what he wants, and he will be the only one able to arbitrate disputes. In foreign affairs, this thin-skinned tough guy who is proudly ignorant will be dangerous and impulsive.
A President Cruz would be much more effective and far more conservative in domestic affairs. Cruz is a social conservative, Trump is not. In foreign affairs, Cruz is likely to intervene more but be less petulant and would certainly be a master of his brief and the risks of what he is doing.
Practically all the shots being fired at Trump would be fired at Cruz and were at Romney and McCain. That is why they were so ineffective during the campaign.
The same old extreme rhetoric about every Republican candidate is the bogeyman. This time the Republican presidential nominee was an ignorant man. People had heard it all before so they did not believe it. That applied to Bernie Sanders too – I had to slip that in. The left must not cry wolf too often.
As Bill Maher was honest enough to admit, Romney and McCain were men of honour with whom he had honest disagreements. Cruz is the same but he would be a far more effective president than Trump. Remember that.
Frank Easterbrook: Discussion of Robert Bork’s “Saving Justice” from Nixon
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in constitutional political economy, economic history, labour economics, politics - USA Tags: economics of constitutional law, Frank Easterbrook, Richard Nixon, Robert Bork, Watergate scandal
Kellyanne Conway Discusses The 2016 Presidential Election
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in income redistribution, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: 2016 presidential election
More on wages boom after Employment Contracts Act was passed @CloserTogether
23 Dec 2016 Leave a comment
A wages boom followed a surge in corporate profits and the Employment Contracts Act 1993 after 20 years of stagnation
21 Dec 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, labour economics, politics - New Zealand
Child poverty and top 1% income shares seems to have been stable for 20 years, more or less
21 Dec 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, politics - New Zealand, poverty and inequality
The madness of the @NZGreens about electric trains
21 Dec 2016 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, environmentalism, politics - New Zealand, transport economics
Source: KiwiRail to replace ageing electric train fleet with diesel engines – Business – NZ Herald News.
Crown company results run the gamut
21 Dec 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, industrial organisation, politics - New Zealand
Myth busting @JulieAnneGenter supports light rail because it’s a good investment!
17 Dec 2016 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, politics - New Zealand, transport economics, urban economics
The Easybeats – Friday On My Mind (French TV, 1967)
16 Dec 2016 Leave a comment
in Music, politics Tags: Easy Beats
Who do Western Australian populist voters second preference?
16 Dec 2016 1 Comment
in politics - Australia Tags: 2016 Australian election, populism, voter demographics
Most draw support from across the spectrum when compared to the remaining small parties.
Source and notes: Antony Green’s Election Blog: One Nation and the 2017 WA Election – Lessons from the Past; remaining votes not depicted exhausted
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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