Everyone remembers that Ron DeSantis is my candidate in 2024, but for the rest of you in “battleground” states, you have to vote against Kamala Harris! And now we are going to get 20 good reasons why you should, from the King of systematic theology, Dr. Wayne Grudem. What is his superpower? His superpower is knowing all of the Bible teachings that apply to any policy.

Here’s the article from Townhall.com, (H/T Dr. Owen Anderson)

It starts by explaining the difference between the Republican view of government, and the Democrat view of government.

Republican views of government:

Most Republicans favor limited government control of our lives, lower taxes, greater individual freedom, and greater personal responsibility for one’s actions. Republicans also believe that the best deterrent for crime is the punishment of criminals.

On foreign policy, Republicans generally believe that superior American military power is the best deterrent against war.

Republicans also believe that the best economic system is one that allows everyone to keep most of what they have honestly and legally earned, one that effectively cares for the poor, and one that does not seek to bring about more equality of income among people.

Democratic views of government:

Most Democrats favor greater government control of our lives, higher taxes (especially for higher income brackets), less individual freedom, and less personal responsibility for one’s actions. Democrats also believe that the best deterrent against crime is education.

On foreign policy, Democrats generally believe that diplomacy and foreign aid are the best deterrent against war.

Democrats also believe that an ideal economic system leads to greater equality between the rich and the poor. With respect to levels of taxation, the rich should pay their “fair share” (an amount that is never specified but always assumed to be more than what they currently pay).

Then he has a list of 20 reasons to vote for Republicans, which he has broken into categories:

Economics:

1. To stifle inflation
2. To preserve lower tax rates and promote greater national prosperity and economic freedom
3. To protect free-market capitalism and prevent creeping socialism
4. To preserve our ability to choose our own doctors and healthcare plans

Foreign policy:

1. To secure the border
2. To help Israel win its war
3. To obtain a lasting peace in the Middle East
4. To make our military once again the strongest on earth

Crime and law forcement:

1. To make our cities safe again
2. To appoint 3,000 conservative Republicans to powerful federal offices instead of 3000 liberal Democrats
3. To appoint hundreds of additional judges who interpret and apply the laws but do not create new laws
4. To stop powerful government agencies from interfering in American politics

Other reasons:

1. To give unborn children some degree of legal protection
2. To protect religious freedom
3. To protect freedom of speech
4. To keep men from competing in women’s sports.
5. To respond to climate change/global warming with realistic solutions
6. To begin to pay down our national debt
7. To see a rebirth of patriotism
8. To stop Kamala Harris from becoming president

We can’t look at all of these, but I will choose one that caught my eye. I chose #1, because I have been really feeling bad about wanting to retire early to focus on ministry, but now after four years of Democrat rule, my monthly expenses are up 50%, so now I have to work for a few more years in order to be able to replace enough of my income with interest and dividend income. I will be fine when I hit 60 because then I can use my retirement funds. But during the years of 50-60, I have to have enough money to live from my non-retirement savings. And with this inflation, it’s barely enough.

He writes:

Inflation happens when governments print or borrow too much money and inject it into the economy, as I explained in more detail in an earlier article. For example, if I have ten apples to sell and you have $10 to spend on apples, I will charge you $1 per apple. But if you have $20 to spend on apples, I will charge you $2 per apple. You spend more money, but you don’t get any more apples. That has happened to the cost of groceries, gas, and everything else.

Inflation hit our economy under Biden’s administration because our government injected far too much money into our economy while the amount of things for sale stayed about the same. It was all Democrats and no Republicans who did this.

Joe Biden became president on January 20, 2021, and Democrats controlled both the House and the Senate to pass whatever tax or spending legislation they wanted (because the budget reconciliation process is not subject to the filibuster, it only requires 51 votes in the Senate). Just six weeks after Biden took office, on March 6, 2021, the Senate passed the American Rescue Plan Act by a vote of 50-49 with all Democrats voting for it and all Republicans voting against it (one was absent). It passed the House on March 10 with a vote of 220-211, with all Republicans and one Democrat voting against it. President Biden signed it into law on the next day, March 11.

Republicans warned that this would cause harmful inflation because the bill authorized a whopping $1.9 trillion in additional government spending. (By way of comparison, the entire federal budget for the previous year was $6.55 trillion.)

But that was not the end of the Democrats’ spending. In 2022, they passed the Inflation Reduction Act by 220-207 in the House (all Democrats for it, all Republicans against it) and by 51-50 in the Senate (all Democrats for it, all Republicans against it, and Vice President Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote). President Biden signed it on August 16, 2022.

The bill would more accurately be described as the Inflation Multiplying and Green Energy Act because a large portion of the $891 billion was designated for climate change and green energy projects. Together, these two bills added an astounding $2.8 trillion in government spending. By way of comparison, $2.8 trillion is equal to 11% of the total economic output of the entire nation for 2022 (GDP for 2022 was $25.4 trillion).

Why did Democrats authorize such gigantic additional spending? Probably because they thought that when they gave free money to millions of people, many of those people would vote for Democrats.

On top of all that spending, President Biden issued two executive orders that drove up gas prices. One executive order restricted future oil and natural gas extraction, which immediately drove up energy prices, and the other shut down the Keystone XL Pipeline project, which would have safely brought much more US and Canadian oil to our best refineries. These executive orders were inflationary because the price of energy affects the price of everything else.

The result was predictable. According to Forbes magazine, the Consumer Price Index rose by 19% during the first 3 ½ years of Biden’s presidency. But it only rose by 6% during President Trump’s entire four years. (Trump’s average increase was just under 2% per year, and 2% is the Federal Reserve’s target amount.)

For example, think of a family that brought a certain basket of groceries for $100 on the day Biden became president. To buy that same basket of groceries today would cost $119, so they would need to find the additional $19 somewhere – in savings if they have any savings, or perhaps put it on a credit card. In terms of our apples example above, they will be paying more dollars but will just get the same number of apples. We could even say that inflation has “stolen” $19 from that family because that is how much extra money they need to buy the same amount of goods. And if a husband and wife together earned $80,000 last year, they would need to earn an extra 19% (or $15,200) just to stay even with their purchasing power compared to Biden’s first day in office, because that is the amount that inflation has “stolen” from their earnings this year.

I would also note that, in words of wisdom written over 3000 years ago, the Bible has something very clear to say about stealing: “You shall not steal” (Exodus 20:15). This is commandment 8 of the Ten Commandments, and it serves as the moral foundation for all protection of any individual’s property.

After looking at the voting and spending patterns of the past eight years, I conclude that Republicans are much more likely than Democrats to keep inflation under control.

If you see anything in that list that is important to you, you will get a similarly clear and concise explanation about how the parties differ on that issue in the rest of the article. Read it, and share it!