War Inside the Republican Party

 

I don't want to overstate what I have learned in my long life; everyone learns things. What surprised me when I became a mayor and people made appointments to tell me their side of the story, were the splits in the business community. Looking at the community's business community from the outside as I had done up to that point, I had the impression it was of one mind. That is, it was united on the policies of taxes and the way the city spent its money. Various factions came in to explain to me other factions were making too much money. The link makes the case there is a split between MAGA Republicans and corporation Republicans.

About three decades ago corporate CEOs began paying themselves exorbitant salaries. I wondered when shareholders would put a stop to it. Instead it has been getting worse and worse. The link says the amounts corporate executives take for themselves has become a drag on the economy. Other business circles, like MAGA, see these salaries and the extraordinary levels of corporate profits to be harming the economy. I don't think MAGA is good for our country but it is interesting to watch it take on other factions of Republicans. 

It seems to be both MAGA and corporate Republicans each are trying to exploit taxpayers for their own benefit. MAGA wants to penalize various factions it does not like such as women. That the two are trying to kill off each other is good for us all.