The Spokesman is running short features on the dozen Auditioners trying their hand at running for a major office. This one makes a lot of sense. Michael McGarr was an Air Force mechanic, then an air traffic controller, then a copy editor for most of his career, ending up at the Spokesman itself.
Mechanic to editor puts him in my part of the universe, and his ideas are also resonant.
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“Treat us like adults,” he said. “Treat us like intelligent voters that just want to know what they’re doing.”
He laments the lack of progress in modern politics, arguing that politicians from both parties seem more focused on undoing the work of the last administration than advancing novel policy. If he had a campaign policy (and the money to license the line), it would be Monty Python’s “now for something completely different,” he says.
McGarr floated some major reforms in an interview, such as creating a flat federal income tax that exempts the first “$50,000 to $70,000”; or investments in mega projects a la the interstate highway system, such as massive irrigation systems diverting water from places like the flood-prone Mississippi to drought-stricken areas like the Hoover Dam halfway across the country.
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Anyone who wants to BUILD dams and canals instead of bombing them is worth supporting. I don’t think this specific idea would work, but we need more TVA and less ESG.
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