Collins Report

By Bruce Karlson

Sarah Palin desires to be President and will be nominated, by the Republicans despite the reluctance Party “suits.”
I believe that she is convinced that the nation needs to be shaken back to its roots of common decency, personal responsibility, limited government and unlimited opportunities for all. Further, given the state of the Democrat party, she could probably win mounting a garden variety campaign.

This however, is a critical moment and one that should not be spent calculating Electoral votes vis a vis political positions or deciding what to tell each group to garner the most support. Due to insipid leadership and wrong headed policy proscriptions The United States is hemorrhaging money, and “stalemated” both in Afghanistan and the war on terror. We are mired in debt, indecision, and cynicism.

Our next President will need a nation strongly behind her, as climbing out of this mess will be dicey. Ronald Reagan had a lackluster second term as he ran on nothing in ’84 after allowing his hacks to convince him that a 50 state win was all he needed. Sarah will need a food taster after infuriating the unions, the race grievance industry, the abortionists and others. If however, all she and the Republicans are doing is moving the ball down the field for an occasional first down, the public will grow weary of the “bickering” and tune out.

OK, here is her/our campaign trump card: “The Fair Tax”. We go for the throat and eviscerate the Democrats’ ability to sell indulgences, to drop a word in legislation for a donation, or to legislatively disadvantage an ally’s competitor for cash. Sarah should campaign on abolishing the IRS and force the Democrats to defend it. She could continuously urge a system where all workers keep every dime earned and never file a form. That way the government has no easy means to find out how much money one earns or invests. The remaining exemptions protect the least advantaged and there is no longer an underground economy as everyone pays a tax when buying anything new.

It is bold and controversial but it will light up the campaign in exceptionally bold colors. Let’s take advantage of the self imposed weakened state of the Democrats to drive a stake through their metaphorical hearts. It is important to engage the American people as we are in more danger now than immediately after FDR fomented WWII. The gangsters (terrorists to some) will strike us again and, unimaginably, there is talk of a possible downgrade of our credit rating.

We will need a nation united and that unity can only come after all are engaged. The Fair Tax idea is a win for the nation and the Republicans. It has the added benefit of perhaps being the final straw required to push the Democrats to perpetual “rump” status. Let’s get going!!!
Make sure you can proudly respond when someone asks, “What have you done to defend American freedoms today?”

About Bruce Karlson: Born New Jersey, enlisted in the Navy 1960, discharged in 1964, Kean College – BA, Fordham University – MBA. Sold computers in NYC’s financial district, retired 1992. Divorced, two high school aged children. Interests include bridge, history, politics and cooking.

Source:
The FairTax Act HR 25, S 296.

This day in history December 19

1776: Thomas Paine published his first American Crisis essay, in which he wrote, “These are the times that try men’s souls.”

2002 Republican weenie Trent Lott resigns as Majority Leader of the Senate in the self delusion that liberals would stop attacking him for saying something nice about Strom Thurman a Republican who was staunch segregationist when he was a Democrat. This was just another lesson that went unlearned by Congressional Republicans about the nature of the Left.

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