Sunday, October 05, 2003
REPUBLICANS ARE FOR SMALLER GOVERNMENTS, LESS SPENDING, AND LESS TAXATION, RIGHT? Then how do they explain this "anomaly"?
--Reason Magazine doesn't know what it is talking about (should be fairly easy to check the magazine's math)
--These are anomalous times: once the Republicans eliminate Democrats and other evil-doers from the country, then they can usher in the utopia of limited government.
--The difference between Republicans and Democrats on most issues is small to non-existent. All are politicians, all pander to special interests, all know they can get away with not walking their talk.
Guess which explanation I favor?
An article in the October Reason Magazine underlines Blackwell's scorching criticism of his own party: Watch out for those tax-and-spend Republicans. Between 1997 and 2002, spending in Republican-controlled states such as Ohio actually rose slightly faster than in Democrat-controlled states.Possible explanations:
--Reason Magazine doesn't know what it is talking about (should be fairly easy to check the magazine's math)
--These are anomalous times: once the Republicans eliminate Democrats and other evil-doers from the country, then they can usher in the utopia of limited government.
--The difference between Republicans and Democrats on most issues is small to non-existent. All are politicians, all pander to special interests, all know they can get away with not walking their talk.
Guess which explanation I favor?
