I do want to clarify that I am only talking about the candidates, not Republican voters. Voters are all over the map in what they believe, and how they vote. I can not group voters into any one ideology.
So a lot of people are wondering, Underpants Gnomes? Well you have to go to the South Park episode dealing with Underpants Gnomes.
The Underpants Gnomes had a plan. Profit! But it's how they went about getting profit that was funny.
It is in this same way that the Republican Candidates are saying how to jump start the economy.
In a live speech that was carried on many networks, Rick Perry said he wanted to do away with the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency.) So his thoughts were:
1. Get rid of the EPA.
2. ?
3. Profit.
If that makes any sense to you, you are either smarter than me, or are voting for Perry. I even went to his website, and to be honest it didn't have much in the way of issues. Just four basic thoughts. It was mostly about donations for his campaign.
Then there is Hermain Cain with his 9/9/9 plan. It goes something like this:
1. Raise taxes on the poor and lower middle class. Lower taxes for the wealthy and corporations.
2. ?
3. Profit.
Michele Bachmann listed on her website, and I am not making this up, 1. Get rid of government jobs, 2. Lower the pay of the remaining government workers, 3. Make the former government jobs into private sector jobs. So her strategy is something like this:
1. Get rid of government jobs making them into private sector jobs.
2. ?
3. Profit.
It reminds me of the pay I could have gotten as a truck driver in Iraq in the "private sector" working for Halliburton. The government could have paid a military person $30,000 a year to drive a truck in Iraq. But instead, they paid the private sector to do it. My cut working for Halliburton would have been $380,000 a year, and God only knows what Halliburton was paid. My point is you still need to pay someone to do that job, and outsourcing it to the private sector isn't necessarily going to save you money. In fact, it might raise the cost.
I'll give Mitt Romney credit. Of all the candidate websites, his is probably the best in talking about the issues. But I wonder about his plan to "cut the Obama era regulations." Rules and regulations are put there so people don't get hurt. Look at the banking industry. For years, they "did away with regulations" and look what happened. The whole industry collapsed. Here you go Mitt:
1. Get rid of regulations
2. ?
3. Profit.
It is also said on Romney's page in plain English, that he wants to get rid of Organized Labor/ Unions. Unions are there to make sure the workers are protected and that companies have to follow the rules. Rules as in, laws that everyone has to follow. How getting rid of Unions is going to help the common worker is beyond me.
1. Get rid of organized labor.
2. ?
3. Profit.
Then there's Ron Paul. I am going to cut and paste this from his website since he says it so well himself.
Cuts $1 trillion in spending during the first year of Ron Paul’s presidency, eliminating five cabinet departments (Energy, HUD, Commerce, Interior, and Education), abolishing the Transportation Security Administration.
Seriously? You want to get rid of the Energy, Housing and Urban Development, Commerce, Interior, and Education Departments? And just getting rid of the Transportation Security Administration? First, I don't think the President can just "do away" with entire departments. And how is this going to profit the U.S.?
1. Get rid of the Energy, Housing and Urban Development, Commerce, Interior, and Education Departments.
2. ?
3. Profit.
There you have it folks. Your Underpants Gnomes candidates.
No wonder people want Chris Christy to run.
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