I’ve said for decades that the GOP’s most devious, ineffective, and little contested strategy for ruining the world and paying themselves for it is very simple, and has been since Reagan:
1. Start foreign conflicts (War on Communism, Nicaragua, Iraq, etc).
2. Run up HUGE, but somewhat justified, deficits to pay for said conflicts.
3. Use the resulting deficits as an excuse to cut programs you wouldn’t have the support to cut otherwise (Health care, welfare, social security, even public works like roads and dams).
4. Outsource the war and the resulting vaccuum in public goods to companies that you yourself own.
The end. And guess what? It’s been that way for the last eight years. And apparently Bush wants to go out with a bang–he just presented his final $3 Trillion, defense over-spending, Healthcare-abolishing budget to congress.
You’d think that the GOP would’ve learned from Reagan vs. Clinton that the previous president can run up whatever debts he wants–the right successor will always be able to reverse it.
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