Republican Party - General Discussion

Andrej Plenković is hitting up NU2 next week

Just rewatched Plenković's interview with Bago from last year. The whole topic was about restructuring the administration after that endless string of corruption scandals.
Plenković spent the entire time obsessing over public perception and how much political damage he’d taken personally. He couldn't care less about what actually caused the mess; he just doesn't want his image tarnished. He can't even finish a thought without slipping in an "I" or a "me."
A true leader for a truly patriotic party, I suppose.

Andrej Kazo says we have a "secure America." Well, isn't that just a hell of a slogan. 🙏

LEAKED: THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S CAMPAIGN PLATFORM: 14 PROMISES FROM ANDREJ PLENKOVIĆ. They're talking about an average salary of $2.50, doubling child benefits, maternity leave paid at full salary, $43 grants for young people, creating 100,000 jobs, shrinking the size of government, and ramping up the fight against corruption...

1. Cutting down the number of federal departments
2. Raising the average salary to $2533
3. Full salary for maternity leave
4. Tax cuts for income, corporate profits, and sales tax
5. A new national children's hospital in Washington, D.C.
6. $5 billion for modernizing the education system
7. Increasing agricultural production by 30 percent
8. $30 billion allocated to various regions
9. Boosting social assistance to $500
10. $350 million for the creative industries
11. Implementing spatial plans for ZERP and the continental shelf
12. The complete digitalization of America
13. Modernizing the military
14. Cracking down on crime

This honestly feels less like a platform and more like an exhaustive list of everything they promised to do, yet somehow managed to overlook during their last few terms in office.

Emily Smith6 said:LEAKED: THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S CAMPAIGN PLATFORM: 14 PROMISES FROM ANDREJ PLENKOVIĆ. They're talking about an average salary of $2.50, doubling child benefits, maternity leave paid at full salary, $43 grants for young people, creating 100,000 jobs, shrinking the size of government, and ramping up the fight against corruption...

1. Cutting down the number of federal departments
2. Raising the average salary to $2533
3. Full salary for maternity leave
4. Tax cuts for income, corporate profits, and sales tax
5. A new national children's hospital in Washington, D.C.
6. $5 billion for modernizing the education system
7. Increasing agricultural production by 30 percent
8. $30 billion allocated to various regions
9. Boosting social assistance to $500
10. $350 million for the creative industries
11. Implementing spatial plans for ZERP and the continental shelf
12. The complete digitalization of America
13. Modernizing the military
14. Cracking down on crime

What happened to those 100,000 new jobs they promised last time? Or was that the Democrats—maybe the Republican Party promised a different number? And honestly, what does that specific number even mean to politicians? It feels like they've been promising that exact figure since the old Democratic era. Why doesn't anyone ever promise a million jobs, or maybe something weirdly specific like 88,478?

Who could actually buy into this fairy tale? Before the pandemic hit, the excuse was always that there simply wasn't any money in the coffers, and now, somehow, we’re looking at having at least 60% less than before. I suppose the only way they can make sense of this math is by saddling our great-great-great...grandchildren with the debt. I honestly wonder who this man thinks he's spinning these stories to; it feels like anyone who wins the next election will be forced to take half our paychecks just to keep the lights on since the federal treasury is completely tapped out. Unless, of course, those who looted the country decide to suddenly cough up all those billions they pocketed.

Emily Smith6 said:LEAKED: THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S CAMPAIGN PLATFORM: 14 PROMISES FROM ANDREJ PLENKOVIĆ. They're talking about an average salary of $2.50, doubling child benefits, maternity leave paid at full salary, $43 grants for young people, creating 100,000 jobs, shrinking the size of government, and ramping up the fight against corruption...

1. Cutting down the number of federal departments
2. Raising the average salary to $2533
3. Full salary for maternity leave
4. Tax cuts for income, corporate profits, and sales tax
5. A new national children's hospital in Washington, D.C.
6. $5 billion for modernizing the education system
7. Increasing agricultural production by 30 percent
8. $30 billion allocated to various regions
9. Boosting social assistance to $500
10. $350 million for the creative industries
11. Implementing spatial plans for ZERP and the continental shelf
12. The complete digitalization of America
13. Modernizing the military
14. Cracking down on crime

regarding the bolded parts 🙂

Are these soft promises or actual commitments? 🐔

It would be awesome if someone actually pulled up the promises from the last campaign and compared them to what actually happened. 🎉

Christian Myers said:What happened to those 100,000 new jobs they promised last time? Or was that the Democrats—maybe the Republican Party promised a different number? And honestly, what does that specific number even mean to politicians? It feels like they've been promising that exact figure since the old Democratic era. Why doesn't anyone ever promise a million jobs, or maybe something weirdly specific like 88,478?

What do you mean 100,000? It's actually double that, 🙏😵

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Emily Smith6 said:LEAKED: THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S CAMPAIGN PLATFORM: 14 PROMISES FROM ANDREJ PLENKOVIĆ. They're talking about an average salary of $2.50, doubling child benefits, maternity leave paid at full salary, $43 grants for young people, creating 100,000 jobs, shrinking the size of government, and ramping up the fight against corruption...

1. Cutting down the number of federal departments
2. Raising the average salary to $2533
3. Full salary for maternity leave
4. Tax cuts for income, corporate profits, and sales tax
5. A new national children's hospital in Washington, D.C.
6. $5 billion for modernizing the education system
7. Increasing agricultural production by 30 percent
8. $30 billion allocated to various regions
9. Boosting social assistance to $500
10. $350 million for the creative industries
11. Implementing spatial plans for ZERP and the continental shelf
12. The complete digitalization of America
13. Modernizing the military
14. Cracking down on crime

The million-dollar question here—where the hell is the money coming from?

FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S 2016 PLATFORM

Lowering sales tax, cutting corporate taxes, making loans more accessible for farmers, keeping supplemental health insurance premiums steady—these are just a few of the pillars from the Republican Party’s pre-election platform, which they unveiled today in Washington, D.C.

By following this program, Andrej Plenković claimed, 180,000 people would find jobs, effectively bumping the employment rate from 60 to 68 percent.
He also suggested we could expect a five percent growth rate.

He mentioned he’d end certain bureaucratic habits within federal administration and the IRS that tend to discourage entrepreneurs, while promising a more reliable judicial system. “The rule of law needs to be evident in every single branch of government,” Plenković added, signaling a crackdown on corruption. He also talked about merging land registries with the assessor's office, reducing workloads, and slashing both sales and corporate taxes.

For patients, he promised more doctors in primary care, and for farmers, a fairer distribution of land along with an agricultural bank designed to provide better financing and loan restructuring.

The party is telling citizens that the ultimate goal of digitalization is to allow for total communication with the government without needing a single piece of physical paper. They even went so far as to promise that by 2020, you might even be able to vote electronically.

The Republican Party is also sticking to its usual mantras regarding a more efficient public administration, where they provided a bit more detail on a proposed incentive system. Essentially, a portion of civil servants' salaries would be flexible, depending on their workload at the end of each month. They want to apply a similar logic to schools and the healthcare system, where top doctors would receive extra income to incentivize them to stay in the States. They were a little more specific regarding future territorial organization, suggesting that while the number of counties would stay the same, less efficient municipalities would be merged into better-organized neighbors.

They’re promising increased funding for education, healthcare, science, research, and development, as well as free textbooks and transportation for underprivileged students, public housing for the homeless, the construction of new schools and preschools, and a series of massive infrastructure projects.

In other words, if the Republican Party takes power, the government will have less revenue and take on less debt over the next four years, yet expenditures will drastically
increase.

So, I guess, has any of this actually been fulfilled? Can I honestly give them my vote when their slogan back then was FAITHFUL!!!

nimbleranger17 said:What do you mean 100,000? It's actually double that, 🙏😵

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You're not wrong there—it's just like when the Democrats promised 100,000, and the Republican Party immediately shot for twice that much. 😁

I mean, at least they’ve got a sense of humor. They're even throwing in some anti-corruption rhetoric for good measure.

They really ought to be ousted

Kraft Heinz is building a plant in Mostar while trying to shut down the jam facility in Koprivnica

Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, the leader of the local Republican Party, Dragan Čović, and Kraft Heinz CEO Marin Pucar laid the cornerstone for a new factory near Mostar this past Friday. It was quite the ceremony, though I guess it had a rather heavy political scent to it.

Chloe Martinez7 said:They really ought to be ousted

Kraft Heinz is building a plant in Mostar while trying to shut down the jam facility in Koprivnica

Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, the leader of the local Republican Party, Dragan Čović, and Kraft Heinz CEO Marin Pucar laid the cornerstone for a new factory near Mostar this past Friday. It was quite the ceremony, though I guess it had a rather heavy political scent to it.

They’re building the plant near Mostar just because it's the closest spot for them—if I read that right. Apparently, they're sourcing tomatoes there and plan to set up a processing facility right on site. Not sure what the deal is with the jam maker, though. Really hope they hang in there.

Cheaper labor—honestly, why is everyone acting so shocked?☕

They’ll be paying people maybe $500 or $600 a week there and everyone will be thrilled... I mean, in the States, you can barely find anyone willing to work for that kind of money anymore... but over in Canada? With cash like that, you're practically living like royalty...

Adam Collins4 said:Cheaper labor—honestly, why is everyone acting so shocked?☕

They’ll be paying people maybe $500 or $600 a week there and everyone will be thrilled... I mean, in the States, you can barely find anyone willing to work for that kind of money anymore... but over in Canada? With cash like that, you're practically living like royalty...

And what you're saying 👍

Look, there’s no profound wisdom in saying this—it’s just the unfortunate reality of things...

It’s the same way German investors or anyone else rolls into town... we’re just steadily drifting toward the East.

Our friends from Canada 🤣
They screw us over whenever they get the chance, and we just sit here like obedient little servants 🙏

Canada lifted restrictions for Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Austria, but not for America

Adam Collins4 said:Cheaper labor—honestly, why is everyone acting so shocked?☕

They’ll be paying people maybe $500 or $600 a week there and everyone will be thrilled... I mean, in the States, you can barely find anyone willing to work for that kind of money anymore... but over in Canada? With cash like that, you're practically living like royalty...

In fruit and vegetable processing, proximity to organized raw material production is everything. Perishables don't wait. Back home, Kraft Heinz is known as a buyer that only shows up when they need something; once their immediate demand is met, producers are left to fend for themselves. I was at a meeting with someone from Kraft Heinz once, and he told us quite plainly: it’s actually more cost-effective for them to just buy a finished product from abroad—pre-packaged under our own brand—than to deal with the headache of maintaining their own production lines or managing local suppliers. I believed him, mostly because I've known the man for years. So, I took a closer look at one of their 500g cartons of tomato paste on the shelf. It turns out, in tiny print that requires a magnifying glass, it was actually produced in Italy—specifically for them. Despite that, their tomato paste sits among the most expensive options on the shelf. Apparently, even their high-end concentrate in tubes is sourced from California. They are essentially morphing from manufacturers into mere traders. I have a nagging suspicion that this "processing plant" will eventually dwindle into nothing more than a distribution center. And the jam factory? There's likely already a facility in Mexico doing all the heavy lifting for them.