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Rand’s Detroit Vision:  A Blueprint for Humiliating the Left

12/6/2013

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Rand Paul wants to save Detroit.  After watching decades of failed Democrat governance and President Obama’s disastrous bailout, Senator Paul is proposing a Kemp-style fix through his “Freedom Plan.”

Quoting Senator Paul on Sean Hannity’s show: 

“We're going to take the personal income tax and the corporate tax down to five percent. We're going to get rid of the capital gains tax. We're going to bring the payroll tax down for the worker and employer. And we're going to reduce the red tape and let businesses thrive.”

Wow.  Rand Paul hopes to reverse an eternity of Socialist collapse.  Mr. Senator, I applaud you.

But for me, here’s the biggest benefit to Rand’s plan:  It has people talking about Detroit, which is the last thing wanted by our pals on the Left.  Seriously.  Recent studies show that uttering the word, “Detroit,” will prompt Dems to blurt, “Hey, how ‘bout that Benghazi story?”   Detroit, my friends, is pure Republican gold.  It’s the Dems’ idiot brother hidden away in their basement.  It is their Frankenstein experiment run amok, mauling villagers and shouting, “I want to live!” while urinating on dumpsters.

In fact, we at The Party Of Choice make a bumper sticker that reads, “Detroitifornia:  Obama’s Blueprint for Success.”  Detroit and California are the smoking guns of Leftwing failure; the stained dresses of Democrat depravity.   Whatever Obama wants America to do, Detroitifornia has already done--a lot.  Want to know the outcome for every Dem initiative?  Look no further than Detroitifornia. 

 I’d like to propose two new laws:  One, from this day forth, the chalk outline for every victim at murder crime scenes must be drawn in the shape of California.  And two, the voice of Barack Obama saying, “Detroit is coming back!” must be every cell phone’s new ringtone.  Elect me as your Supreme Leader, and these things shall come to pass.

Back to Rand Paul.   While I’m unsure of his plan’s details—5% seems awfully low—it at least highlights the beauty of getting government out of our way rather than seeking its rescue.  Should his proposal ever pass, Detroit would become a Midwestern Mecca of business growth; a capitalist boomtown.  Thus, the Dems will prevent it.  They’ll quash this potential success, lest it provide a winning GOP contrast for 2016.  Can’t have Rand turn your Frankenstein into his Brad Pitt now, can we? 

But I ask you, must we wait for Rand’s plan?  We have great contrasts now!  I want GOP candidates to compare Detroit and California with North Dakota, where a fracing-led oil boom on private land has Americans rethinking whether Hawaii is our most beautiful state.  If you ask me, every Republican candidate should simply say, “My opponent’s proposals already created Detroit and California, while I prefer the results in North Dakota.  What do you think, folks?”  Game, set, and match.

Rand Paul’s blueprint for humiliating the Democratic Party, in my view, can be used right away.

As for Paul’s Detroit focus, this humiliates the Democrats’ biggest supporters:  Labor Unions.  You know, I often wonder whether it was public or private unions that did Detroit the most harm.  Primarily of the auto industry, private unions ran labor costs sky-high, driving off (pardon the pun) job creation at a record pace.  More recently, the public unions (such as school teachers) buried taxpayers with hilarious demands for continued, unsustainable pension funding—even though such pensions were virtually gone in the private sector.  So, which unions are to blame?  Public or private?  The answer is, “Yes.”

Ah, but Detroit’s example goes beyond humiliating Democrats in general, or their beloved union cronies—it hits Obama himself, along with his crumbling legacy.

Understand, the American Taxpayer is still owed over $9 Billion from Obama’s GM Bailout—a shocking amount.  This figure is worsened by GM’s shares underperforming in a grossly inflated stock market; a market soaring on the printing of trillions in worthless cash.  So thanks to QE-whatever, not only does GM still owe us lots of money, but the money it owes and has “paid” is worth much less.  Lovely.

Oh, and let’s remember, GM’s bondholders (who by law should have been first in line for “Obama-money”) were bumped aside for Obama’s beloved Labor Unions.  Forget legal justice; Obama imposed his brand of social justice, showering union allies with billions in tax-funded payoffs.  But hey, they needed it.  Stricken with poverty, these auto union supporters only averaged nearly $150,000 each in total annual compensation (including base pay, benefits, pensions, and free pasta at all mob-owned restaurants).  So naturally, they needed help STAT—bondholders be damned.

To think, with all this bootie—sorry, “Federal Assistance”—Detroit still declared bankruptcy.   Amazing.

Summing up, Rand Paul’s “Freedom Plan,” implemented or not, draws attention to failures of the Democrats, their union thug supporters, and Barack Obama himself.  Paul’s ingenuity humiliates their fiascoes.  His letting go of government power humiliates their seizing of government power.  His opportunity model for all Detroit citizens humiliates Obama’s targeted bailouts for cronies.

In the meantime, we should take Rand’s example and start humiliating Democrats NOW with constant comparisons between Detroitifornia and places like North Dakota, Louisiana, Texas, New Jersey (balanced budgets, anyone?), Wisconsin (more balanced budgets, anyone?), etc., etc., etc.  It’s time to start humiliating the Left for their failures, not accommodating them for dreams of bipartisanship.

Rand has shown the way.  It leads through Detroit, of all places.  Let’s make sure no one forgets it.


7 Comments
Robert
12/8/2013 07:12:29 am

If Rand doesn't win a spot on the 2016 ballot, he should be in the Dept of Interior. For the life of me I cannot figure out why a similar strategy has not already been applied to Indian reservations. Those should be booming with development if only the Fed would leave them alone.

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Andy
1/4/2014 02:38:00 am

Honestly, Robert, I couldn't agree more.

I think the more Rand pushes his Detroit strategy across America--including on Indian Reservations--the better positioned he will be for 2016.

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Alpha link
4/16/2014 03:08:50 pm

Hello

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areader
9/19/2014 02:57:13 pm

Classic ignorant comments of a right wing toady. When you ask intellectually challenged individuals like this what the cost to taxpayers would be of not doing the bailout they look at you with their typical blank stare. Of course one of the most obvious costs of not doing the bailout would have been the $17.5 billion the Bush administration loaned GM and Chrysler at the end of 2008. And of course then the obedient little right wing bots would have been instructed to complain that the Obama administration cost the US taxpayers $17.5 billion by not doing the bailout. That's the nice thing about bots. You can lead them wherever you want, because their incapable of independent thought.

I made a little over 18% on my overall portfolio last year. But according to this author's line of "thinking", I was a complete failure because some of my stocks lost money. The bailout fund actually made $40 billion overall for the US taxpayers, but because the GM bailout lost money the author considers it a failure. An impressive display of intellectual incompetence.

One other detail. In the case of GM, no secured creditors lost money. Standard bondholders are not secured creditors, contrary to what the author seems to think. Now there were secured bondholders in Chrysler who lost their investment. Because Chrysler was previously in such bad shape financially they couldn't sell standard bonds. Interestingly, the majority of that secured bond position was owned by the very investment banks whose behavior led to the collapse.

Ok you can go ahead and delete this now. We wouldn't want any of your readers to see how stupid you are would we.

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The Party Of Choice
9/20/2014 01:17:04 am

Delete your post? Why? I actually enjoyed your post. The bomb-throwing bravado was a bit over the top, but what the heck...we've all done it.

As to the substance:

1. You discuss what would happen without the bailout, and you’re quite right, but can’t that be said of virtually every bailout? Besides, Ford went without the bailout, and performed even better. It could also be argued that TARP was necessary—and it probably was at the time—but my concerns lie with all the foolish moves that brought about its necessity.

2. The stock market is soaring off bottomed-out interest rates and several years of exploding money-printing, so your 18% comes at the expense of a growing bubble, along with inevitable inflation and devaluation (I know you don’t care, as you’ll just move assets, but people will be devastated). The only thing holding these forces off for now is the decreased purchasing power of Americans during the Obama Administration versus the Bush Administration (and I’m no Bush fan). Workforce participation (the real unemployment figure) is at a 30-year low. People don’t have jobs, so they can’t buy enough stuff for other people to raise the prices in alignment with the Fed’s practices. But the bubble is building, along with our crippling debt.

3. Paul’s vision is one of prevention, rather than panicking into bandaids like bailouts. Fact is, shoveling money into Detroit through super-high union wages/benefits and bailouts hasn’t worked. Detroit’s a mess. Paul wants less government interference rather than more, thus allowing Detroit to rebuild in the real world of competitive economics—not propped up on whatever latest bubble that is bound to explode. In other words, Paul would create enterprise zones for inner-city people, fostering hope in the real world where one must build a better product at a lower price in order to defeat foreign competition.

4. I’ll conclude with this: Endless bailouts means endless picking and choosing of winners in the free market, which is the opposite of rewarding excellent performance. In other words, more bailouts means less motivation to excel, which eventually means less excellence in a global marketplace that demands it. It’s like raising your kid’s allowance every time they fail—you’re subsidizing failure while destroying their future. And as we’ve seen with Detroit, this is simply not the caring thing to do.

Thanks again for your post. It was fun.

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The Party Of Choice
9/20/2014 01:18:30 am

Delete your post? Why? I actually enjoyed your post. The bomb-throwing bravado was a bit over the top, but what the heck...we've all done it.

As to the substance:

1. You discuss what would happen without the bailout, and you’re quite right, but can’t that be said of virtually every bailout? Besides, Ford went without the bailout, and performed even better. It could also be argued that TARP was necessary—and it probably was at the time—but my concerns lie with all the foolish moves that brought about its necessity.

2. The stock market is soaring off bottomed-out interest rates and several years of exploding money-printing, so your 18% comes at the expense of a growing bubble, along with inevitable inflation and devaluation (I know you don’t care, as you’ll just move assets, but people will be devastated). The only thing holding these forces off for now is the decreased purchasing power of Americans during the Obama Administration versus the Bush Administration (and I’m no Bush fan). Workforce participation (the real unemployment figure) is at a 30-year low. People don’t have jobs, so they can’t buy enough stuff for other people to raise the prices in alignment with the Fed’s practices. But the bubble is building, along with our crippling debt.

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The Party Of Choice
9/20/2014 01:20:21 am

Delete your post? Why? I actually enjoyed your post. The bomb-throwing bravado was a bit over the top, but what the heck...we've all done it.

As to the substance:

1. You discuss what would happen without the bailout, and you’re quite right, but can’t that be said of virtually every bailout? Besides, Ford went without the bailout, and performed even better. It could also be argued that TARP was necessary—and it probably was at the time—but my concerns lie with all the foolish moves that brought about its necessity.

2. The stock market is soaring off bottomed-out interest rates and several years of exploding money-printing, so your 18% comes at the expense of a growing bubble, along with inevitable inflation and devaluation (I know you don’t care, as you’ll just move assets, but people will be devastated). The only thing holding these forces off for now is the decreased purchasing power of Americans during the Obama Administration versus the Bush Administration (and I’m no Bush fan). Workforce participation (the real unemployment figure) is at a 30-year low. People don’t have jobs, so they can’t buy enough stuff for other people to raise the prices in alignment with the Fed’s practices. But the bubble is building, along with our crippling debt.

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