By Patrick J. Buchanan "God put the Republican Party on earth to cut taxes. If they don't do that, they have no useful function." Columnist Robert Novak was speaking of the party that embraced the revolution of Ronald Reagan, who had hung a portrait of Calvin Coolidge in his Cabinet Room and set about cutting income tax rates to 28 percent. But, to be historically precise, the GOP was not Continue reading...
14 December 2012 
The Fall of the House of Labor
Friday - December 14, 2012 at 1:03 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan In 1958, Senate Minority Leader William Knowland, his eye on the 1960 GOP nomination coveted by fellow Californian Richard Nixon, went home and declared for governor. Knowland's plan: Ride to victory on the back of Proposition 18, the initiative to make right-to-work the law in the Golden Land. Prop. 18 was rejected 2 to 1. Knowland's career was over, and the Continue reading...
11 December 2012 
In Concord, Pat Buchanan Says America’s Strength Comes from Unity, Not Diversity
Tuesday - December 11, 2012 at 10:02 pm
By Ben Leubsdorf - The Concord Monitor America’s strength comes from its unity, not its diversity, conservative commentator and former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan said last night at Concord’s Capitol Center for the Arts. “There’s two arguments. . . . The liberals, they say our diversity, our new diversity, is our strength. The more diverse we are, the stronger we are as a Continue reading...
11 December 2012 
The Winter of Conservative Discontent
Tuesday - December 11, 2012 at 4:32 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan As the white flag rises above Republican redoubts, offering a surrender on taxes, the mind goes back to what seemed a worse time for conservatives: December 1964. Barry Goldwater had suffered a defeat not seen since Alf Landon. Republicans held less than one-third of the House and Senate and only 17 governorships. The Warren Court was remaking America. In the arts, Continue reading...
7 December 2012 
A Republican Retreat — or Rout?
Friday - December 7, 2012 at 12:53 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan Given the expectations raised by the Republican punditocracy -- that Mitt was headed for a big victory -- the jolt of defeat hit especially hard. Now, what had seemed an orderly retreat has taken on the aspect of a rout, with Beltway Republicans calling for abandonment of fixed positions all along the line. After Senate candidates Richard Mourdock in Indiana and Continue reading...
4 December 2012 
The True Disciple of Saul Alinsky
Tuesday - December 4, 2012 at 1:48 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's opening bid to Speaker John Boehner, a demand for $1.6 trillion in new taxes, was not meant as a serious offer. It was an ultimatum couched in an insult. Translation: "We won the election. We have the whip hand. Not only are you going to sign on to higher tax rates and higher tax revenues, we are going to rub your Tea Party noses in Continue reading...
27 November 2012 
Who’s Afraid of the Fiscal Cliff?
Tuesday - November 27, 2012 at 2:35 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan Were the average Republican asked for a succinct statement of his views on taxation, he or she might respond thus: "U.S. tax rates are too high for the world we must compete in. The tax burden -- federal, state, local, together -- is too heavy. We need to cut tax rates to free up our private and productive sector and pull this economy out of the ditch." This core Continue reading...
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