In this season's final episode of THIS IS YOUR COUNTRY, Paige discusses the risks to the GOP of continuing to behave as the noncommittal “party of nothingness.” She attributes some of their disappointments at the ballot box to defective strategy, including notable failures to differentiate themselves from the dysfunctional status quo and the entrenched, unpopular political establishment. 

Paige presents a series of essential policy priorities the GOP must embrace to escape special interest capture and campaign and govern as the credible champions of the American people.

SHOW NOTES

Paige Willey in the American Mind: "No Country For Bold Men"

Paige interviews former United States Congresswoman Michele Bachmann about the nation’s discontent that led to the rise of the Tea Party movement, media hostility toward disruptive outsider candidates who challenge the Washington establishment, and her path from concerned Minnesota parent to major leader of the nationwide grassroots conservative movement.

Paige interviews Oren Cass, Executive Director of American Compass and author of “The Once And Future Worker,” about the problems facing American workers and families, and the benefits and drawbacks of different policy solutions.

Show Notes:

• “The Once and Future Worker” by Oren Cass: https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/the-once-and-future-worker/

• “Where’s The Growth?” Economic Analysis by American Compass: https://americancompass.org/wheres-the-growth/