What Republicans Really Believe
Dear Editor,
Contrary to the nonsensical ramblings in Letters To The Editor published by the Rhino Times and the News & Record a few days ago, written by an obviously easily triggered and ill-informed snowflake, Republicans believe in common sense and facts backed by real data not biased media sources.
Our Republican positions:
- As to election integrity, we don’t believe state legislators should be allowed to put in new, arbitrary rules for elections because of a lab-created Chinese virus. Voter fraud exists and we all know it. We may disagree to what extent it exists, but it does exist, and it’s in the best interest of every American to have secure elections.
- Violence and destruction, like that perpetrated by Antifa, should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
- Everyone should pay taxes, as everyone benefits from living in the U.S. Our current tax system punishes financially successful people and rewards those unwilling to contribute to society.
- More gun control laws will not stop mentally ill people from killing in “gun-free zones” and elsewhere. A gun cannot pull its own trigger.
- Leadership is about leading from the front, not from behind, and not from the basement. Leadership is not about censoring political opponents as we recently saw imposed by Congressional Democrats with their censorship of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Democrats don’t want to discuss ideas, because theirs are terrible. Shutting down the free exchange of ideas is the only way they can win.
- Climate change is real and has been occurring since the creation of planet Earth. And it will continue to change. More arbitrary taxes, silly policies, and forced compliance with those policies will not stop the climate from changing, warming, or cooling.
- We want voters to be more educated, especially on the destructive policies of the Democrat Party. Voters and politicians should put America’s interest before those of other nations and criminals.
- Fake news is fake news. We would like to see an unbiased media where facts are revealed, not left-leaning talking points and misinformation.
- Decades of free handouts have created an entitlement class of people. We need better education, not indoctrination, in our schools. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
- Laws that suit their purpose are ignored by the political class. The Biden family is case in point.
- Health care would be better and less expensive if the system were allowed to be competitive and not controlled by a government bureaucracy and subject to constraints imposed by that bureaucracy. Job opportunities are vast right now, but many people are abusing the overly generous unemployment benefits offered through socialist-leaning policies. Lessen the government benefits, people will go back to work, and society will thrive.
- Wouldn’t it be nice if criminals like Antifa, and other criminal organizations had respect for authority? We don’t see too many politically right-leaning people burning down cities, destroying businesses and private property in protest, and looting on a daily basis.
- Words of caution and warning for those who continue to support the current direction of the Democrat Party: It is not the party you once knew, like that of JFK or even Bill Clinton, but rather this one is anti-democratic and heavily authoritarian. American politicians and bureaucrats should be putting the interests of Americans before everything and everyone else.
Chris Meadows
Chairman Guilford County Republican Party
Yes, lets lower taxes on the rich. Especially those who cheat on taxes and aren’t satisfied with their ridiculous tax breaks. And most especially, defund the IRS so rich tax cheats needn’t worry about getting caught and can take more to the bank.
So is that why Biden is hiring an army – 87,000 ! – of IRS agents to harass, intimidate, and cross examine honest taxpayers? It doesn’t sound like “defunding the IRS” to me….
And in my experience it’s the lowest income people who try to cheat on their taxes, not “the rich”.
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Your envy and spite are showing. You must be a Democrat.
You don’t believe the rich ‘cheat’ on their taxes? You know, off shore accounts, tax shelter businesses, charities that only fund their other charities (a Trump favorite), etc…
You really are in denial. Kinda hard to cheat on a straight 1040EZ form.
But you be you. I know you are not much for facts.
Here’s a fact : the undeclared income never gets to the 1040 Form, Genius Boy.
Fair point but which do you consider to be larger….a 100 dollars here and there or the 100s of millions off shore or in tax shelter schemes. Lol. Your denial is stunning.
Amen Chuck! Tell it like it is.
Chris Meadows – EXCELLENT COMMENTARY!
Very well written. If the Democrats win in 2024, you think things (prices, gas, food, crime, etc..) are bad now.
That was refreshing… Thank you Chris
Thank you, Chris, for responding to the nonsensical letter in Friday’s Rhino. There were so many statements that seemed wrong to me I didn’t even know how respond. Almost every point seemed backwards….
Obviously any response seems fruitless since the two sides are so far apart in what is viewed as true.
Are you willing to accept that voter suppression also exists. While we may disagree the extent to which voter suppression exists, it does, and it is in the best interest of every American to have more voter turnout at every election?
Do you agree that the violence and destruction, like that perpetrated on January 6, should be prosecuted by the fullest extent of the law?
Do you agree that the extent to which people benefit from living in the US varies based on geography, class, education, among other characteristics and therefore a tax model should tax those that benefit the most more than those that benefit the least?
Do you agree that a person cannot pull the trigger of a gun they do not have?
Do you agree that republicans are equally as guilty of censoring opposing views as democrats are? This isn’t a “holier than thou” situation this is a problem with how power is possessed, controlled, and asserted on both sides.
Would you agree that pointing out changing taxes and other “silly” policies to address climate change isn’t providing a solution or idea to solve the significant problem you just acknowledged?
Would you say that educating specifically against the political ideologies of an opposing party is akin to “indoctrination”?
If these… and the points I didn’t get to are your “positions” could you possibly tell me what the bleep a republican is and will do?
“Ricky” got drunk.
While you poke fun with a pitiful joke at my expense, the chairperson for the GOP in Guilford County – or anyone else – has not been willing or able to respond in sincere engagement with the questions and ideas I presented. While they claim to want to explain the republican positions, when presented with sincere questions or counterpoints they fall silent.
There was no name calling or hyperbole. Maybe a little rhetorical thinking, but nonetheless questions that aren’t unreasonable to helping me (and many of us in the political middle) to understand one side’s line of thinking.
Still awaiting a genuine response.
Gosh, you’re so earnestly sincere! I can see you clutching your pearls right now. You must have sobered up, “Ricky”.
Or is it Carl Ford?
Or Juan Martillo….?
What?
“Violence and destruction, like that perpetrated by Antifa, should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” Yes, just like the Insurrectionists.
“Democrats don’t want to discuss ideas, because theirs are terrible. Shutting down the free exchange of ideas is the only way they can win.” Lowest unemployment in years, inflation numbers down, economy up. Yes, the Dems are screwing it up badly (insert laughing eye roll here).
“Fake news is fake news. We would like to see an unbiased media where facts are revealed, not left-leaning talking points and misinformation.” Like Fox News ? You are HILARIOUS !
I could do this all day, but your letter speaks for itself.
Came here to same the same thing. Well said Chris B
Chris,
Why don’t we get down and dirty and talk about the real problems in Greensboro and Guilford County! Crime is out of control and there is no respect for our laws or law enforcement officers because laws are not being enforced!
My best suggestion would be to declare a state of emergency and call in the National Guard to right the ship and/or let’s make the Greensboro Chief of Police an elected official! Hopefully our citizens would get out and vote in such an election due to their safety concerns. Unfortunately, these voters don’t realize a vote for Nancy Vaughan is a vote for lawlessness in Greensboro!
Jim Donaldson
Ignoring that climate change is clearly accelerating at a level not seen in historical records and is a result of our over reliance on carbon-based energy is as clear an example of why Republicans should not be in power. Ignoring the consensus of the scientific community by believe your Big Oil funded studies with highly biased findings…that is what I call a nutter. Same nutters that believe Covid was not dangerous to our communities and that Covid vaccines are more dangerous than the virus.
But nutters gotta nut.