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To date I've seen little notice of the two parties platforms - those statements of political platitudes and dreams for the future. Then I read the editorial in the NYTimes and started looking around the internets for commentary
Though most who comment here on Debate Politics will deny the inherent racism and xenophobia that others see in the present day GOP, the 2016 GOP platform quite openly supports the idea that many Americans believe this nation should be a white-majority, Christian nation with little if any support for the neediest citizens, whether medical, housing or education. That taxes on the "job creators" need to cut even more and that the federal government should be stopped from regulating business in any fashion. To me, the advocates of these right wing and libertarian fantasies seem to be unable or unwilling to learn anything about the world as it is and not as they wish it were.
A few examples from the platform:
1: Remove all federal regulations from the banking industry and Wall Street
2: Erase all environmental protections
3: Appoint judges who will eliminate abortion, stop same-sex marriage and eliminate Obamacare
4: Allow LGBT discrimination on religious grounds
5: Allow Christian displays and Biblical statements on public property and government buildings including public schools
6: End public funding of Planned Parenthood
7: Eliminate any requirements for GMO labeling on food products
8: Allow drilling and mining on all federal lands, including parks and along the nation's shores
9: Privatize Medicare
10: Eliminate "net neutrality"
11: Make English the official language of the United States, eliminating most programs which assist those who don't speak English
12: Build the wall along the Mexican border
13: No government assistance for 'non-traditional' marriages and families
14: Require Bible study in public schools
15: Work toward eliminating public schools
16: Abstinence-only sex ed classes for teens
17: Increase the Pentagon's budget
18: Ignore the Iran nuclear treaty and increase America's nuclear armaments
The Most Extreme Republican Platform in Memory
For all the disruption and damage that Donald Trump has meant for Republicans, the party’s statement of its views in its newly written convention platform rivals him for shock value. Platforms are traditionally written by and for the party faithful and largely ignored by everyone else. But this year, the Republicans are putting out an agenda that demands notice.
It is as though, rather than trying to reconcile Mr. Trump’s heretical views with conservative orthodoxy, the writers of the platform simply opted to go with the most extreme version of every position. Tailored to Mr. Trump’s impulsive bluster, this document lays bare just how much the G.O.P. is driven by a regressive, extremist inner core.
Though most who comment here on Debate Politics will deny the inherent racism and xenophobia that others see in the present day GOP, the 2016 GOP platform quite openly supports the idea that many Americans believe this nation should be a white-majority, Christian nation with little if any support for the neediest citizens, whether medical, housing or education. That taxes on the "job creators" need to cut even more and that the federal government should be stopped from regulating business in any fashion. To me, the advocates of these right wing and libertarian fantasies seem to be unable or unwilling to learn anything about the world as it is and not as they wish it were.
A few examples from the platform:
1: Remove all federal regulations from the banking industry and Wall Street
2: Erase all environmental protections
3: Appoint judges who will eliminate abortion, stop same-sex marriage and eliminate Obamacare
4: Allow LGBT discrimination on religious grounds
5: Allow Christian displays and Biblical statements on public property and government buildings including public schools
6: End public funding of Planned Parenthood
7: Eliminate any requirements for GMO labeling on food products
8: Allow drilling and mining on all federal lands, including parks and along the nation's shores
9: Privatize Medicare
10: Eliminate "net neutrality"
11: Make English the official language of the United States, eliminating most programs which assist those who don't speak English
12: Build the wall along the Mexican border
13: No government assistance for 'non-traditional' marriages and families
14: Require Bible study in public schools
15: Work toward eliminating public schools
16: Abstinence-only sex ed classes for teens
17: Increase the Pentagon's budget
18: Ignore the Iran nuclear treaty and increase America's nuclear armaments