http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1999/08/06/fp1s1-csm.shtml
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USA
The unshrinkable US
government
Even as Congress passes tax cuts,
party roles are muddled by the era of
surpluses.
Peter Grier (grierp@csps.com)
Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
WASHINGTON
Five years after the GOP seized
control of Congress and vowed to
drastically shrink and reshape the
federal government, the federal
government remains largely the
same.
Remember how the Department of
Education was going to be
eliminated? Its budget today is larger
than it was in 1995. What about the
youth service program Americorps, a
prime Republican target? Bigger and
better funded than ever before.
Meanwhile, it's a president from the
big-spending Democrats, Bill Clinton,
who this week held a press
conference about paying down the
national debt.
Only a few months
after black ink
reappeared on US
Treasury books it
appears that
post-deficit politics
has transformed
many of
Washington's
traditional partisan
fiscal positions.
The surplus has dampened the
budget-cutting fervor of some GOP
lawmakers while pointing out the
virtues of restraint to many
Democrats. It's getting harder and
harder to determine politicians'
budget priorities from their party
label......(more) [/quote]
Yep, the Republicans will save us
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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes"
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>
USA
The unshrinkable US
government
Even as Congress passes tax cuts,
party roles are muddled by the era of
surpluses.
Peter Grier (grierp@csps.com)
Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
WASHINGTON
Five years after the GOP seized
control of Congress and vowed to
drastically shrink and reshape the
federal government, the federal
government remains largely the
same.
Remember how the Department of
Education was going to be
eliminated? Its budget today is larger
than it was in 1995. What about the
youth service program Americorps, a
prime Republican target? Bigger and
better funded than ever before.
Meanwhile, it's a president from the
big-spending Democrats, Bill Clinton,
who this week held a press
conference about paying down the
national debt.
Only a few months
after black ink
reappeared on US
Treasury books it
appears that
post-deficit politics
has transformed
many of
Washington's
traditional partisan
fiscal positions.
The surplus has dampened the
budget-cutting fervor of some GOP
lawmakers while pointing out the
virtues of restraint to many
Democrats. It's getting harder and
harder to determine politicians'
budget priorities from their party
label......(more) [/quote]
Yep, the Republicans will save us
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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes"