Quote of the Day: “Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest? And just tell me where in the world you find these angels who are going to organize society for us.” Milton Friedman
As I’ve mentioned before, I think that Donald Trump was the greatest President since Ronald Reagan – for America. He promised to put “America First” and clearly did exactly that. His political and economic achievements can’t be matched by any other President in the last three decades. Thomas Walkom in his op-ed on the Editorial page today suggests that Trump will be the Republican contender in next year’s U.S. presidential race and is well-positioned to win the presidency. But although Walkom a PhD in economics from the University of Toronto, he is really ignoring some important data when he comes up with that suggestion. Trump lost the popular vote in both elections int 2016 and 2020. People who did not vote for him in 2020 aren’t likely going to vote for him in 2024. In fact Trump almost lost the 2016 race if only 80,000 selective votes in three states had switched from an R to a D. Trump has not grown his base in the last two years – it has shrunk. He might win the Republican nomination, but he will lose the 2024 election. Walkom in wrong.
The Editorial today is really good. It talks about ongoing initiatives to reduce intimate partner violence. It talks about “…a preventive, whole-of-society approach to addressing intimate partner violence, with a particular focus on marginalized women. Prevention programs can, in fact, be incorporated into both primary and secondary school curricula, and one Ontario-based measure – the Fourth R program – has been shown to reduce dating violence years into the future.” Great Editorial and well worth the three minute read.