NYcarbineer
Diamond Member
A Republican government would cut taxes and increase military spending, resulting in another huge increase in the deficit.
What about cuts to offset that, you ask?
They would make a big show of cutting non-defense domestic spending and entitlements, but they would never really do it to any extent. The reason?
GOP politicians value their jobs as much as any politicians. The political toxicity of making the kind of draconian cuts that they pretend they favor would put most of them out of a job in 2 years.
Look at what Reagan did in 81, and that's the template. Tax cuts, defense increases, and the political special interests protect domestic spending/entitlements, etc. Result, bigger deficits and more debt.
I feel like I'm in a coma, I've read posts from a half dozen Obama supporters in the last 2 days speaking out against deficts, spending and debt.
Am I in the middle of a dream? Are they really saying these things and keeping a straight face?
I'm a supporter of PAYGO, and the principle therein, and always have been. What's your problem exactly?