The Republican Party we once knew is gone. All that's left is the chaos of MAGA | Opinion

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : No doubt, it has much to do with today's officeholders inspiring young people to consider a career in government.
57% : That was certainly the impetus for me and my contemporaries to consider careers in government and the newly created Peace Corps.
54% : "Later, in the decade, he would expound on the role of government in our lives by claiming that the nine most terrifying words in the English language are "I'm here from the government, and I'm here to help you."
54% : These are learned behaviors passed from one generation to the next and their current role in demeaning the role of government in a free society came to mind when I saw Republican Sen. Mitt Romney comment last week on the CBS Sunday Morning show on the long-term impact of today's politics on our politics and culture.
45% : By the time the '90s arrived, it was Newt Gingrich attempting to halt the orderly delivery of government services that encouraged a new generation of young Republicans to get involved for the purpose of obstructing and shutting down government.
43% : What impact might that have on the next generation who grows up watching this congressional debacle produced and directed by Trump and his Republican Party?How does a young person decide to run for public office or take a job in government?
40% : This nonsense of blowing up the machinery of government and falling on the sword of self-righteousness has its roots in the Reagan era.
39% : With another deadline for government shutting down just around the corner, as of this writing, his Republican minions haven't even found enough of their own members to put their slim majority in control of things.
33% : When Congressional Republicans trash the norms of a democracy -- like constructing ideological barriers to a successful election result for speaker -- that were once successfully determined by negotiation and compromise, they send signals to younger generations that it is permissible to blow up the political process and shut down government if it pleases the MAGA base.
30% : The former Hollywood actor, who decided to bring some new and simplistic scripts to American politics declared in his first inaugural speech in 1980 that "...government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.

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