As it stands, Americans — particularly millennial Americans trying to buy property, start their families, and save for retirement — are feeling the pinch from all directions. Inflation has basically given everyone what feels like a 30 percent pay cut as well as eliminated 30 percent of their savings….

Although economists and conservatives tend to go into the weeds about the causes for the current economic malaise, this really isn’t a mystery. Too much government spending resulted in the Fed producing more dollars, which in turn devalued the currency….

Republicans running for office largely confine themselves to reacting to the latest leftist outrage until their inevitable victory in November. They seem far more interested in discussing anything — Ukraine, gun control, Pride month — than the economy. And judging from current GOP lawmakers’ willingness to approve spending $40 billion for corrupt countries like Ukraine and $11 billion for corrupt organizations like the FBI, there’s little reason to believe they’ll make any significant changes once they have the majority.

Ironically, it wasn’t so long ago that conservatives and most of the GOP had much more to say about fiscal matters. Indeed before Trump’s election, that’s almost all they talked about (remember Paul Ryan and the “Reformicons”?). Conservative writers would gush about the glories of supply-side economics and warn of all kinds of doom if the federal government abandoned fiscal discipline.

To be fair, much of this was pretty dry reading and probably pushed away more people than it brought in, particularly the economically-illiterate adults graduating from college. Then there was Donald Trump’s victory in 2016, which many took as proving the futility of campaigning on the economy. Consequently, conservative writers and Republican politicians focused their efforts on cultural issues and being more bellicose in their rhetoric.

This strategy might work, but it’s not a sure thing. The economy still matters, now more than ever….

Republicans need to understand that mere bluster is not enough, and no one can do it quite like [Trump could]. However, they can adopt his best policies and add to them. And they don’t even have to wait until 2024. It’s entirely possible to effect reform and save the economy with a Democrat in the Oval Office — much like the GOP did in ‘90s under Newt Gingrich….

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(Excerpt from The Federalist. Photo Credit: olieman.eth on Unsplash)