Helping The Working Man

Speaking of Sen. Rubio, his office just released a detailed report focused on a critical aspect of the American economy – working and non-working men. 

It turns out that an extraordinary number of healthy men are not fully employed. Part of the problem has to do with something going on with the psychology of America today. 

But a major factor is that working-class men once had opportunities to get good jobs where they made and built things. Those were the kind of jobs where you took a shower after you got home from work, not before you went to work. 

In recent decades, we sent those jobs to communist China, and it’s killing our country.  As a result, there are millions of men who are struggling to find a fulfilling and useful life. It’s a national crisis, and something Senator Rubio is committed to addressing.

In releasing his report, Rubio declared:

“This report sheds light on the problems men face as workers and offers policymakers solutions that will build up men to be better providers, husbands, fathers, and community leaders. I am committed to working on these issues because I believe that we can build a better future for our boys and men, and for our country as a whole.”

This is called populist conservatism. 

The traditional conservatism that has long guided the Republican Party worships free markets and so-called “free trade.” It argues that the cheapest labor available to produce a product is always best. 

But that globalist philosophy leaves out something vitally important: Nations. 

Sadly, the free trade mantra that corporatist Republicanism devoted itself to has enriched communist China and also impoverished large sections of America.  Multinational corporations did well, while small businesses struggled. Wall Street thrived while Main Street died.

There are some today who are attacking populist conservatism as some sort of heresy. They are wrong. If conservatives don’t adopt a more populist agenda that speaks to the real issues facing hard-working Americans, they will never win another election.

Conservatives are losing the “highly educated” because they are highly indoctrinated in neo-Marxist universities. And conservatives lose working-class voters because they feel like the Mitt Romneys and Paul Ryans don’t care about them. Cutting your mother’s Social Security while planning the next no-win war isn’t exactly a winning political message.

So what voters are left?

Why the “Stupid Party” has to be constantly reeducated is a mystery unto itself!