As the core of the GOP moves south, it becomes more like a European-style conservative party—pro-big government, pro-cartels and regs that favor affluent people, and culturally conservative. Unfortunately our political system has no place for pro-free market and socially liberal people. The kind that read The Economist magazine. So they end up as independents.
Scott Sumner, “Recent links“, The Money Illusion, 27 June 2012.
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Basically, as seen in this recent Dartmouth survey, there’s no Republican support at a grass-roots level for any measure that would lead to substantial deficit reduction.
Matthew Yglesias, “Why It’s Unlikely That a Big GOP Win Will Lead to Deficit Reduction in One Chart“, Moneybox, Slate Magazine, 25 June 2012.
