JohnEngelman
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When Ronald Reagan ran against President Jimmy Carter in 1980 he claimed that he could cut taxes, raise military spending, and balance the budget by 1983 without cutting popular domestic spending programs. All he would need to do would be to cut "waste, fraud, and abuse."
It did not happen of course. Instead, he nearly tripled the national debt.
Now, whenever Republicans have the power to do so they cut taxes (especially for the rich) while raising military spending. Then they use the increase in the national debt in efforts to cut popular domestic spending items.
Edmund Burke was an eighteenth century English statesman and political philosopher. He is often considered to be the founder of Anglo-American conservatism. In his Reflections on the French Revolution he wrote:
"Society is indeed a contract...
"It becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born."
How would Edmund Burke feel, knowing that the American conservative party advocates that we live off of past achievements, and borrow from the future?
It did not happen of course. Instead, he nearly tripled the national debt.
Now, whenever Republicans have the power to do so they cut taxes (especially for the rich) while raising military spending. Then they use the increase in the national debt in efforts to cut popular domestic spending items.
Edmund Burke was an eighteenth century English statesman and political philosopher. He is often considered to be the founder of Anglo-American conservatism. In his Reflections on the French Revolution he wrote:
"Society is indeed a contract...
"It becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born."
How would Edmund Burke feel, knowing that the American conservative party advocates that we live off of past achievements, and borrow from the future?
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