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So it’s come to this: Gem State Democrats have released a list of nutty “demands” as their party platform. This platform demonstrates how so-called “progressives” seek to upend American politics by pushing through populist policies at odds with traditional values.
For example, take a look at the education plank. The Party wants to fund Idaho public schools directly through the state’s Legislature. This turns the traditional US structure of funding public education, paid locally through property taxes, on its head. For this demand to be met, the state’s government would have to somehow develop a means to fund on a per-student basis, rather than letting education funding come down to local property values.
The aggressive phrasing of the platform is intentional. Just look at the number of times the platform uses “we demand” or “we require” at the front of an item. “We demand equal pay for equal work.” “We demand the elimination of all sales tax exemptions.” “We demand diplomacy before sending the… Armed Forces into harm’s way.” This sort of entitlement language is so typical of “progressive” politicians; they think it’s their right to govern as their supporters want. It’s like they want a revolution from how the US government works. Make no mistake, the use of such aggressive terms means these Democrats will fight hard for the zany ideas in this platform.
Even what the platform doesn’t say is crazy. Absent are any condemnations of the other side. There’s nothing at all that calls out the GOP. We all know that in today’s political world, you don’t get far without getting into the mud and slinging it against the other side. The sort of idealism that the Idaho Democratic Party avows has little place in contemporary US politics.
Idaho’s Democrats have become unmoored from the standards and principles of politics as we know them across the country. Of course they’re doomed; no group could govern as we do presently by demanding revolutionary changes, speaking directly to the desires of its constituency, and not continually attacking the other side. Why the Party adopted this bizarre platform that seeks to steer the ship of state in a very different direction is a mystery.
For example, take a look at the education plank. The Party wants to fund Idaho public schools directly through the state’s Legislature. This turns the traditional US structure of funding public education, paid locally through property taxes, on its head. For this demand to be met, the state’s government would have to somehow develop a means to fund on a per-student basis, rather than letting education funding come down to local property values.
The aggressive phrasing of the platform is intentional. Just look at the number of times the platform uses “we demand” or “we require” at the front of an item. “We demand equal pay for equal work.” “We demand the elimination of all sales tax exemptions.” “We demand diplomacy before sending the… Armed Forces into harm’s way.” This sort of entitlement language is so typical of “progressive” politicians; they think it’s their right to govern as their supporters want. It’s like they want a revolution from how the US government works. Make no mistake, the use of such aggressive terms means these Democrats will fight hard for the zany ideas in this platform.
Even what the platform doesn’t say is crazy. Absent are any condemnations of the other side. There’s nothing at all that calls out the GOP. We all know that in today’s political world, you don’t get far without getting into the mud and slinging it against the other side. The sort of idealism that the Idaho Democratic Party avows has little place in contemporary US politics.
Idaho’s Democrats have become unmoored from the standards and principles of politics as we know them across the country. Of course they’re doomed; no group could govern as we do presently by demanding revolutionary changes, speaking directly to the desires of its constituency, and not continually attacking the other side. Why the Party adopted this bizarre platform that seeks to steer the ship of state in a very different direction is a mystery.