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Old 02-04-2012, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Rex E. View Post
It's not exclusive to Republicans though, in all fairness.
"Starve the beast" is indeed a Republic ideal/tactic and has been so since Reagan. The problem is that while the GOP is willing/able to cut taxes, they are no better at cutting spending than the Dems. They just spend on different things (e.g., tax cuts for the investor class, enlarging the military industrial complex).
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