Mar 16, 2009
GOP Ripped
I have latched on to the GOP-are-statist-hypocrites meme and I am not letting go. I fucking love it when Libertarians rip on the GOP! If the Republitards were in power right now we would have a similarly sized stimulus package with a different name. Something like, “Heterosexuals, Guns n’ Freedom- Why Do You Hate America Act?”
Under Bush and a Republican Congress we had an explosion of growth on all fronts: spending that put Lyndon Johnson to shame, huge deficits and a doubling of the national debt, corporate bailouts, further centralization of education, protectionism, expansion of Medicare, increased regulation, undeclared wars, civil-liberties violations and other unchecked executive power, and more. Bush did not veto a single spending bill in eight years. His cutting of tax rates in 2001 and 2003 has to be judged in the context of growing spending. Milton Friedman pointed out that the level of spending, not taxation, is the truer gauge of the government burden. The money has to come from somewhere. Removing it from the economy through borrowing is as economically damaging as taxation — more so when you figure that the government will perpetrate inflation to manage the debt.
That was bad enough, but the Republicans added rank hypocrisy to the mix by claiming to favor free markets.
Man Diddy. Just support the Dems–the Republicans are evil and the whole idea of Libertarianism is rediculous. If the Libertarian’s had their way, the poor and the minorities would suffer terribly. If the Republicans have their way, the poor, minorities, and Libertarians will suffer. If you leave the Democrats in charge, atleast everyone has a fighting chance. Come over and visit…
Clay, beware of the potato famine 2, the quickening. The government won’t help you and you’ll all be on boats headed back to the golden land of America!! Seriously, I think there is a huge difference between repubes/dem and libertarians. I don’t know if it *would* work- depends on exactly how it was implemented. But in general, if the government doesn’t need to do it, then why would the government be doing it? The democrats and republicans play the same game but fight over social wedge issues: gay stuff, abortions, blah. BOTH take huge amounts of money from corporations that get them elected and then turn around and do those corporations favors even when they have ruined the economy (bailouts!)