RE: Tea Party candidate taken behind the woodshed by an old man asking a simple question
June 20, 2014 at 9:56 am
(This post was last modified: June 20, 2014 at 9:58 am by Heywood.)
(June 20, 2014 at 9:45 am)Rev. Rye Wrote: Plus, fun fact: Republicans tried cutting spending in a lot of areas in the eighties. They called this "Starving the Beast." This failed because, to compensate, they started borrowing money from China, something that would, a quarter century later, help lead to the recession they keep crowing about.
You've conflated cutting taxes with cutting spending. They are not the same thing. "Starving the beast" was about cutting taxes so the government would be forced to spend less. The republicans were successful in cutting taxes but the strategy did not work as spending continued to increase. They didn't try very hard at cutting spending as you seem to be suggesting.
Tea Party wants to curb government spending and McDaniel can help accomplish that by simply voting no on new appropriation bills. He doesn't have to compromise or get along with anyone. Mr. Davis question was stupid as the answer is obvious.
