Republicans squandered opportunity to reduce government size

[DC]

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"

 

[Dennis]

"It's getting harder and harder to determine politicians' budget priorities from their party label....."

The party label is "Republocrats". Try to FIND a difference in parties.

Only a few of either party recognize our Rights.
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Bless you, DC.



[This message has been edited by Dennis (edited August 06, 1999).]

 

[swifter...]

"Smaller, less intrusive government" in Republicanese means: "Bigger, more intrusive government with REPUBLICANS in charge."


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The Bill of Rights, and the Golden Rule are enough for civilized behavior. The rest is window dressing. Shoot carefully, swifter...

 

[HankL]

The JUGGERNAUGHT rolls forward! That is it's only mission. It grows, it is a parasite which feeds on it's host.
Rant mode off, Hank
I really need to stay away from here.

 

[MisterAl]

Things were going fine with the House Republicans until the Budget fight in late 1995, where Clinton, the master demogogue, won the battle of public opinion. Moreover, the Senate Republicans were not in the least bit committed to the Contract with America. I think that it would take one of two things to shrink the government: 1) a major political reordering that brought about term limits for Senators and Congressmen; 2) a total inability to pay the bills. I don't see either in the near future. Regards, Al

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