I didn’t mean it in the narrow form of “handouts”, however. Government can and does do very much to decide how things are run. I know the Galt’s Gulch type of cons/libertarians think that should not even be a thing, but of course they are completely delusional about large systems. If they think government should have no role in something like international trade agreements or where defense money gets allocated, I don’t even know where to begin with them.

The point is that ultimately every middle and low class person needs a job with dignity and that has safety measures, access to affordable health care, food and water that is not contaminated, etc…and nearly everything about the Republican platform is about making any of that harder and harder. Of course they are going to make paeans to the magic of voodoo economics and “small government” but all that is simply absurd. First of all, if anything, the Republicans aim to make government even bigger, but just far more ideological, and secondly, Galt Gulch fantasies are ridiculous pap that just won’t work for anyone but the Musks of the world.

Ultimately, the draw is about racism and their culture wars. They’ll be even worse off than they currently are, but apparently they just don’t care.