08 August 2011

Where Are These Government-Slashing Republicans I Keep Hearing About?

Two heads of the same monster that continues to devour the People and growing ever greater in size and power. Someone needs to slay that monster, but a champion is hard to find these days. 
Two weeks ago, The New York Times reported that Republicans "want a vastly smaller government." Last week, the Times called the dispute about raising the federal debt ceiling "an epic clash over the parties' divergent views on the size and role of the federal government." This week, it said President Obama faces "a conservative movement seeking a wholesale redefinition of the proper role of government."

The recent debt deal, widely portrayed as a victory for Republicans, suggests their goals are decidedly less ambitious. As always in Washington, the "epic clash" perceived by the Times is in fact a squabble between two parties that both favor big government.

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