GOP vs Facts, Politics Guys vs Diversity, Jay's Burkean Ideals, 2020 Contenders

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.5 • 772 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In this listener mail episode (really more of a listener mail, Facebook, Twitter, and politicsguys.com site comment episode) Mike and Jay respond to listener comments concerning: * Why Republicans like Jay aren't nearly as respectful of facts as Democrats are (Jay disagrees, as you might expect) * Why The Politics Guys isn't more diverse, and whether or not the lack of a liberal further to the left of Mike is a problem. * How Jay's Burkean ideals match up to the modern-day GOP. (And Mike points out that he's got Burkean ideals too!) * Who Mike and Jay think might run for president in 2020 During this episode, Mike waxed rhapsodical about the amazing economic data site put together by the St. Louis branch of the Federal Reserve - [here's the link](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/). **Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible**. If you’re interested in supporting the show, go to [politicsguys.com](http://www.politicsguys.com) and click on the Patreon or PayPal links.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the politics guys. I'm Michael Baranowski, a political scientist at Northern Kentucky University.
0:29.2	Okay, welcome to our listener mail, listener comment from it. It's more than just mail these days, stuff from Facebook and Twitter as well.
0:32.8	It's been a while since we've done one of these.
0:35.1	Some people randomly yell at us on this.
0:36.5	Yeah, exactly, right. But, you know, we plan on doing one of these. Some people randomly yell at us on the street. Yeah, exactly right.
0:38.3	But, you know, we plan on doing more of these this year.
0:41.8	We've kind of gotten away from that a little bit, as well as more of those kind of deep dive debate shows where Jay and I, in the past, we did them where we kind of really dig into one or maybe two issues, that sort of thing.
0:54.1	So expect more of that in 2018, or maybe two issues, that sort of thing.
1:03.7	So expect more of that in 2018, starting, you know, right now with this, with our responses to some of your questions, comments, critiques, that sort of thing.
1:04.8	So you're ready to go, Jay?
1:07.3	Okay, let's have that.
1:11.8	Okay, first we'll start with Dick, who posted in the comments section on Politics Guys.com a while back says, in part, it doesn't matter how many times you and Jay talk
1:18.9	about tax reform and how many credible people on many sides you have on to discuss the economic
1:24.5	returns for tax reform. Jay is unable to internalize the idea that tax cuts do not and will not pay for themselves.
1:31.8	I do not understand the mindset of the vast majority of Republicans when it comes to that.
1:36.5	Many Democrats give the right the benefit of the doubt and agree that a portion of tax cuts
1:40.8	will help decrease, yet not eliminate deficits caused by tax cuts. However,
1:46.4	the right can't take that for what it's worth, that is the truth. Inside of arguing over just
1:52.9	how much it would help decrease the deficit, I think he meant instead, sorry, they feel the need
1:57.6	to go way overboard and assert that it will actually pay for itself and even lead to a surplus.
2:03.8	Jay, what is it with you and the Republican Party as a whole for the inability to process facts and adjust away from personal belief to factual evidence?
2:12.8	There is no better example of this than climate change.
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