"Hawke" wrote in message
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On 3/31/2011 12:06 PM, Ed Huntress wrote:
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They're trying to regain the mantle of being the fiscally conservative
party, which they were at one time but which they completely abandoned
under
Reagan. When you're in a recession with high unemployment, it's not
difficult to play the demagogue and win votes from people who are looking
for anything that sounds like an answer.

It's a good time, politically, to revive all of their old chestnuts.
They'd
resurrect Herbert Hoover if they could. d8-)

I wonder if they actually know better, and are just playing on the lack
of
economics education on the part of most voters, or if they actually
believe
their nonsense. I'm not sure. Most likely, it's some of each.



I'd say thirty five years of nothing but deficits defines a party as the
party of deficit spending, and you do remember when "deficits don't
matter", was the slogan of the day, don't you? So, it's all baloney. The
republicans are not going to do anything any different when they get
control than they always do. Look at what they have done since they have
taken over the House. They talked about jobs, jobs, jobs, when they were
in the minority but since taking over jobs has taken the back seat. It's
back to the good old social issues like abortion, gays in the military,
and other social issues.

The republicans are simply not built to rule. They're great as an
opposition party but once you give them the reins they revert to form.
It's all conservative social issues, military adventures, tax cuts for the
rich, gifts to business and Wall Street, and cuts in services for
everybody else. I've seen it all my life. They do the same thing over and
over. They say they're for small government and the first thing they do
when in power is expand the power of the government, and the next thing
they do is cut taxes on the rich while increasing spending. It just amazes
me that they continue this way and still get anyone to believe a word they
say. It just confirms how ignorant and foolish the public really is. No
wonder the founding fathers were so dead set against democracy.



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