“There is no dignity
quite so impressive,
and no independence
quite so important,
as living within your means.”
― Calvin
“Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.”
― Calvin Coolidge

Conservatives have been listening to minorities. The problem is minorities have not been LISTENING to conservatives. However the tide is slowly turning.

Take school choice e.g. Charter Schools which conservative republicans have been
advocating for years. Democrats have been AGAINST charter schools. However, many minorities SUPPORT charter schools and charter schools are beginning to become a reality in many school
districts across the country in spite of Democrats opposition. Parents are realizing that public education will NOT IMPROVE until they are giving a CHOICE/OPTIONS in where their children are educated. Some democrats are seeing the tide turning and changing their position so they can CONTROL this issue.

This also goes for VOUCHERS which are gaining more support among minorities and the poor in general.

Another example is tax reform. Democrats are totally against reforming the tax code. Why? Because reforming the tax code e.g. a FLAT TAX or FAIR TAX would mean more TAKE HOME PAY for the poor which translate into more purchasing power for things they need everyday. Helping the poor to become INDEPENDENT is totally against democrats’ DNA. Democrats use CLASS WARFARE to discredit reforming the tax code saying it would benefit the rich. When in fact the rich benefit more so from the present tax code with all of the loopholes.

The same goes for reforming Social Security to include options for PERSONAL ACCOUNTS which democrats are totally against.

When minorities begin to see the BENEFITS of reforming these programs just like they are beginning to see the BENEFITS of charter schools, either the democrats’ leadership will begin to SUPPORT these reforms or democrats will CEASE to exist as a political power. The TIDE is slowly turning.

Either way, conservative COMMON SENSE will win and government dependency will LOSE.

Republicans have been unfairly labeled as racist and uncaring. This is a stigma that has been push by Democrats for the last 40 years and minorities have bought into this. It has become so bad that many blacks hate capitalism which is the engine that create jobs and a tax base. This move to suppress free market capitalism and the acceptance of government dependency is a problem that Republicans find so difficult to overcome in these Democrat controlled cities.

When the cities practically go bankrupt and the voters feel the effects of decades of Democrats’ Liberalism, republicans will get opportunities in city level politics again. Until then, let the bankruptcies begin. WHEN THEY FEEL THE HEAT THEY WILL SEE THE LIGHT.

I still don’t get why some Democrats and Republicans think libertarianism should be the future of the Republican Party. It’s been Libertarian since 1964 and then got hijacked by the Religious Right. Even the Libertarians have their own party.

In order to get the racism out, two things to do

1. Revive the moderate to liberal wing of the party. That was the wing of the GOP that fought for civil rights and never did that code word crap. They represented changing demographics better.
2. Just go to the minority communities, listen to what they have to say and ask, it’s not hard. It’s not about changing principles like what some Republicans believe (they think some shadowy rainbow cabal is out to turn the GOP into Democrats Jr)

Sure, the racists would get miffed, they can form their own angry racist party. Other countries have them and they get little national support, but it would be a great step forward.

Unfortunately, the party is still listening to people like Pat Buchanan who’d rather have the party die than have it become a rainbow party. Some Democrats want the GOP to die too before they evolve so they wouldn’t worry about losing voters.

The change is not going to happen overnight. Reince Priebus had the right ideas, but is he really going to follow them? That’s the million dollar question.