CRG is busy owning libs and searching Giphy.Amash is the exact kind of politician CRG would hate:
- Wants lower taxes
- Wants to protect personal privacy
- Voted against FISA renewal
- Wants to get out of and avoid foreign wars
There are, of course, two sides to the China story:
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He was critical of Trump from the get-go:Just happened to jump out of the Trump boat when the China tariffs were announced. Coincidence.
Amash's 2017 Financial disclosures show the vast majority of his income comes from his co-ownership stake (along with his brother Jeff) in Michigan Industrial Tools, the one he references in your article. That's his family business. What he doesn't mention are MIT's Chinese companies Tekton & Dynamic Source International. Those companies have taken down their websites and/or made them member access only since this scandal broke. He appears to have shifted his ownership around as articles from 2010 show he was then co-owner of the Chinese companies as well. Any way you slice it Amash has a financial interest in killing the tariffs, only revolted against Trump once his financial position was threatened, and all the shell companies, Chinese subsidiaries and corporate restructuring doesn't make it look much better.
Curious as to why you think Libertarian means no Democrat would vote for him. A Libertarian is completely for open borders, welcoming everyone and anyone. That's a big match for Dems. Groups like Antifa, which are heavily Dems, would be a very close match to Libertarian ideals. If he ran, which I really doubt he will, I think he'd pull more from Dem voters than Republican voters.
+1 I had definitely heard the name, that it was noteworthy for some reason or another, but couldn't have told you anything past that. I'm sure he'll do well in Michigan, apparently.
Uninformed post.
15%? Be real. No 3rd party candidate is even going to break 5%.
Brilliant insight as always Truthseeker. Glad to see you sharing your vast scrupulous knowledge with us once again. You should stick with helping Trump get re-elected, you're much better at doing that. Stick with what's working for you.
It's happened before. Last time was 1992. Biden has such a weak appeal and Trump large negatives from the Blues, that if Sanders were to actually give it a run (which he won't, he sold out faster than toilet paper at a Cub store) I think he'd have a very real shot of getting to 15%.
More dumbassery.
Hey CRG, here's example A.
This is a side issue from the thread.. Libertarians are historically in favor of global free trade and division of labor globally. We've seen in the last few months how dangerous it can be to rely too much on other countries in the supply chain. We've also seen how shipping jobs out of the country contributes to wage inequality. How do you think that impacts the Libertarian party platform now with those emerging issues? Do you think they can continue to grow like they did four years ago?
US companies moving production to China and elsewhere is a consequence of Big government in the US. Over regulation, over taxation. First goal is ALWAYS to examine what we're currently doing that is causing whatever problem we're seeing. Stop doing what's causing the problem. Instead we almost always layer on a fix, that doesn't solve the initial problem, adds more complexity and problems, etc.
Sanders possibly could have. Blooomberg possibly could have. No one else can.
Only in terms of his hostility to immigration and his relative isolationism. I actually liked Pat. He was genial, was a good wordsmith, had a sense of humor, and usually got along well with the moderates and liberals he faced off against.
Pat was for protectionism, an imperial presidency, and much more. He's everything the party has become.
In that case, I hope he makes it happen for 2020 !
You mean anarcho-capitalists?
They will boo him off the stage when he doesn't go along with the "4 year olds should be allowed to drive" part of the platform.
I don't object to anarcho-capitalists at all, but it's not a label I identify with. I would MUCH prefer to live in an anarcho capitalist society than a conservative or progressive one. And after examining the results and if given the choice, so would many of you.
dear god
He also has some very interesting views on Jews.
Just wondering what are some specific (high-level) things, where you do agree with some amount of government?
I can almost guarantee I would hate it.
He is? And, he is?
Definitely a wild card. I will say, his anti Trump rants seemed a little too strategic to me at the time. I assumed he was laying some groundwork for 2024. It's a little off putting that it was so straight forward and obvious, and from my limited Twitter sample size, the lefties who loved that he was going after Trump feel betrayed and that he's going to cost Biden the election. I will still vote for him, because the LP needs him, but I dont' think it's all that clear cut that he's going to pull more from Trump supporters than liberals who can't stand either party's candidate. It will be hard not to pull the lever for Trump out of spite for the awful progressives on this board and the way Democrats treated Kavanaugh, but I'm thinking long term.
