"Here I come to save the day." Thursday last, former Gov. Mit Romney acting as a sort of Eminence Grise went on the air to state the obvious. Donald Trump is not fit to be president. His speech begs the question– What about Ted Cruz?
Cruz in his campaign speeches vilifies all opponents. He strides the stage like some sort of megalomaniacal revival preacher, portraying present-day United States as something right out of the book of Revelation. In violation of international law, he calls for indiscriminate carpet bombing of Syria which would slaughter civilians in whose presence Isis is embedded. He appears to want some sort of revival of the Spanish Inquisition to cleanse America of those whose mainstream Christian faith are not sufficient.
He has a proposed tax plan based upon a 10% flat income tax and a 16% value added business tax. The plan is obviously regressive and would pump more money into the pockets of thevery wealthy. Businesses that export would pay no tax. Importers would pay essentially a 16% tariff. This scheme would probably violate International trade agreements to which the United States is a party. Moreover, one estimate of the deficits that would be created is $6.8 trillion over 10 years. Cruise will undoubtedly trot out some economist to project preposterous growth that will solve all problems. He also wants to eliminate the IRS and return to the gold standard. He does not disclose the cuts he will proposed in social welfare programs, but they will be there.
In any other year, without Donald Trump, Ted Cruz would be the"any body but " candidate.
As the establishment apparently cannot bring themselves to support John Kasich, their obvious candidate, we can look forward to a completely unpalatable Republican nominee. There is no way Marco Rubio is going to make it. In any event, he has shown himself to be a juvenile, not ready for primetime.
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