New Club for Growth Score Card!

How did Nebraska do?

Update, The Law was written by different Frenchman, Frédéric Bastiat. Good book but different author. I have made the correction below.

Club for Growth has out their latest scorecard, but let me first start with explaining their economic stance.

John Baptiste Say gave us Say’s law: supply creates its own demand. This what is often called supply-side economics. (He is French and his fellow Frenchman Frédéric Bastiat wrote the book, “The Law”.) If you want a detailed view of economics, you should read Jude Wanniski’s book, “The Way the World Works” . For novices or those short on time, I recommend the book “How an Economy Grows, and Why It Crashes” by Peter D Schiff. Both books explain the elements of economics including supply-economics. These books will help you gain a greater grasp of economic issues in general as well.

Club for Growth was born at the end of Reagan/Clinton era, when everyone understood the importance of supply-side economics, cutting taxes, limited government and free markets. Stephen Moore started it but the organization changed and has become a powerhouse for economic growth and limited government advocacy. The Club interrogates candidates to find the strongest economic conservative candidates possible.

Trump and the Club have been fickled allies and friends at the same time. Trump and some of his advisors supported high tariffs which are bad for economic growth, but Trump listened to what Stephen Moore, Art Laffer and Larry Kudlow had to say about economics on the supply side. The result was well tailored economic policies which worked. Moore wrote the book on this matter called “Trumponomics”.

However, if you followed Trump’s candidate endorsements, often he is not thinking of economics, but other matters, even the persona of the candidate. This is why the Club exists. The Club focuses on the most economic conservative candidates and give them the support they need.

The Club puts out a scorecard of Congress at https://www.clubforgrowth.org/scorecards. Keep in mind, scorecards are often shaped by the politics at hand which can distort results. This is why the Club has an intensive interview process with candidates before they endorse. The scorecard is just guide. Some may object because the Club gave as Ben Sasse, Jeff Flake and Justin Amash but the Club also gave Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Rand Paul and Ron Johnson as well as Nebraska’s own Adrian Smith.

So how did Nebraska fair? 

Some are going to take issue with Bacon and Sasse and wonder what is going on. The problem with Congressional District 2 is many in the district have a very poor understanding of macroeconomics. This is why Bacon ends up scoring on the low end but in part, the Club is not even on his radar.

As for Sasse, he is too academic and does not understand the concerns of blue collar workers to the degree he thinks he does. Sasse could buy a lot of goodwill from people by blaming Biden for inflation and blaming Mike Pence for making Biden possible but we all know that is a bridge too far for him.

If you look up Fortenberry, he actually improved his Club score. Perhaps this explains why prosecutors went after him. As for Adrian Smith, he is a champ!

Fischer scores low because of some old-time traditional Republicanism where she is not willing to make waves or take a strong stand and instead tends to see compromise. Some may object but the score speaks for itself.