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They can't do that as they need someone to milk dry in order to support their socialist welfare state. There are not enough wealthy people to tax into oblivion.
There are 8 levels of control that must be obtained before you are able to create a socialist state. The first is the most important. 9-19 are how we get there and are part of the Democrat Party's platform.
1 Healthcare—control healthcare and you control the people.
2 Poverty—increase the poverty level as high as possible, poor people are easier to control and will not fight back if you are providing everything for them to live.
3 Debt—increase the debt to an unsustainable level. That way you are able to increase taxes, and this will produce more poverty.
4 Gun control—Remove the ability to defend themselves from the Government. That way you are able to create a police state.
5 Welfare—Take control of every aspect of their lives (food, housing, income).
6 Education—Take control of what people read and listen to–take control of what children learn in school.
7 Religion—Remove the belief in God from the Government and schools.
8 Class warfare—Divide the people into the wealthy and the poor. This will cause more discontent and it will be easier to take (tax) the wealthy with the support of the poor.
9 Open borders
10 Universal basic income
11 Eliminate the electoral college for a popular vote
12 Globalism--Giving the UN control over both our foreign and domestic policies.
13 Reparations for slavery
14 Free college tuition--Colleges and Universities will become part of our public education system.
15 Relief of student debt
16 Health care for all--Including for all of the illegal invaders.
17 Eliminate voter ID laws
18 Abolish the Bill of Rights--By declaring the Constitution as a "living breathing document" subject to the whims of activist judges.
19 Establish multiculturalism--We will no longer be a sovereign nation.
And I bet you would quite strongly support a Christian Theocracy for America.
Well, San Diego's Republican mayor isn't the classic rightwing wingnutty type that you'll find in the Bible Belt.
Kevin Faulconer is pretty moderate who has publicly slammed Trump. He'll be succeeded by a Democratic mayor in this year's elections since the "top two" candidates in the primaries were both Democrats.
Your pretty much saying that SD will go down the same crapper that has swallowed LA, SF, Portland, and Seattle
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It's due to the very nature of urban areas. The more people you have closely packed together, the more need there is for rules and behavior regulations. Things that are no big deal in rural areas cna be major health and quality of life matters in urban ones. That means urban areas require more rules to have a realistically humane quality of life. I grew up in a rural county that back in my youth hand 10 to 12,000 people over 450 or so square miles; and now live in a county of 2.7 million of 900 square miles, and surrounded by suburban ones of six digit populations besides. It's simply in the nature of things.
As for social liberalism- well, it's that the freedom of the city comes from the fact that it's easy to get lost in the crowd, rarely see the same face twice outside of work unless you really want to see that person again. That gives you more freedom to be yourself.
It's due to the very nature of urban areas. The more people you have closely packed together, the more need there is for rules and behavior regulations. Things that are no big deal in rural areas cna be major health and quality of life matters in urban ones. That means urban areas require more rules to have a realistically humane quality of life. I grew up in a rural county that back in my youth hand 10 to 12,000 people over 450 or so square miles; and now live in a county of 2.7 million of 900 square miles, and surrounded by suburban ones of six digit populations besides. It's simply in the nature of things.
As for social liberalism- well, it's that the freedom of the city comes from the fact that it's easy to get lost in the crowd, rarely see the same face twice outside of work unless you really want to see that person again. That gives you more freedom to be yourself.
Exactly, as long as local Republicans insist on toeing that national party line and being libertarian lite they'll be locked out of any city that isn't A. Glorified Suburbia or B. New York City- where local Republicans understand how a city is supposed to be run, so don't run on nonsense of.. i'll lower your taxes while promising infrastructure improvement, or public transportation is the devil's work.
If a Republican ran on anti-crime or improved infrastructure and didn't bring their Republican baggage of a big city needs to never change and be exactly the same as it was 30 years ago mentality, they would probably win in some areas. But it's gotten to a point even if a candidate seriously ran, too many people are content in just voting straight ticket because they've dealt with Republican bringing suburban and rural ideals that work perfectly fine there to their city platform.
Well, San Diego's Republican mayor isn't the classic rightwing wingnutty type that you'll find in the Bible Belt.
Kevin Faulconer is pretty moderate who has publicly slammed Trump. He'll be succeeded by a Democratic mayor in this year's elections since the "top two" candidates in the primaries were both Democrats.
This is true as well. San Diego's mayor is a Republican, but not Trump's Republican. It is still good to consider that some people vote based on party line. At the same time, Faulconer being a moderate likely brought a larger than average vote among some Hispanics and Asians. I mentioned that things could change. However, if moderate mayors and independents keep running, a similar voting pattern could stay.
I bring up the military influence because it's something of note.
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