Reply #4: It is called "Starving the Beast. They have been on a mission [View All]

[OHdem10]

to smaller government. Finding it impossible to out and
out cut what they call Entitlements: SS, Medicare, Medicaid
and Welfare, they took the back door route. Cut Taxes.
Every time you cut taxes, there means less money going to
Federal Government to cover programs. I am old enough
to remember how much more SS and how many more benefits
were covered just years ago. Get the Picture. Cut taxes
means cut the programs. It also means raiding SS Frund
to cover other programs and even wars if running short of
financing. The goal --eventually so little money coming
in to Government the programs must be ended. Starve the
Beast(Government) of meney necessary to support the the
Social Safety Net. After all, this is a center right
country built on Individualism. Pull yourself up by your
own bootstraps, Buster. No one owes you anything.
( Forgive my sarcasm in last 3 sentences.)