I don't know.
I don't know what it means.
I don't know what the word conservative means anymore.
I thought one of the most fundamental principles of conservatism was SMALL Government. I thought they were for LOCAL control.
I did not know that the supreme form of government was state government, hat it had the right to supersede local governments.
Local governments cannot decide when it's safe to open schools, businesses, to mandate masks as a measure of public safety?
This is not the first instance of this madness. Michigan, under Republican state control, would take control of whole local governments, dismantling and replacing locally elected leaders and state officials taking control of local decisions.
Like Michigan, Kemp's decision is mainly directed at minority communities. Which city did Kemp decide to target with court action? Why, the black mayor of Atlanta, of course!
Local public schools are under siege by the sabotaging of state moneys to be directed to private schools. In my home county, public schools are awesome, and a source of pride, joy, and employment. And yet, they have to fight for support from the state. And now President Trump and Secretary of State DeVos are threatening to withhold federal funding unless the local governments are willing to put their children's lives ar risk (not to mention all those the children may infect).
When did conservatives decide that local control was wrong?
Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe it's not the size and authority of government, at any level, that's the issue.
Maybe it's not conservativism.
Maybe it's power.
Raw, unaldurated power.
Whatever level of government Trumpists control - that is the one that should reign supreme.
It's got nothing to do with conservatism. Although it is not a philosophy I adhere to, it's one I respect. It's one that has a rightful position in the marketplace of ideas. It's one that deserves to be listened to, and sometimes, it's ideas blending in and shaping legislation.
For those of you who are truly conservative, I feel for you. Your ideology has mainly been taken over by a group that has only one clear principle -
MIGHT MAKES RIGHT.
Judging by their actions, not their words there isn't a dimes worth of difference between the two parties.All the Presidents in the last 40 years have had control of congress in for at least half a term but not much has changed except each side is more determined than ever to grab power and keep it.
ReplyDeleteIn the last forty years? 1980 to present? Presidential power has accelerated yes, particularly in foreign affairs. But no, I'm sorry. For the most part, in that time frame, Democrats have played by the rules and Republicans have not. Democrats believe that government can be made to work - Republicans do not.
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