Tuesday, October 05, 2004
Hey, Big Spender...
I've stated time and again that I favor a policy of fiscal conservatism. The US government should only try deficit spending in times of economic emergency (see: the Depression), and should not follow up a billion dollar package with another billion dollar package.
So, this is why it hurts my soul when the White House asks for another in the nation's $7.4 trillion debt limit.
While I don't want to sound too much like Andrew Sullivan... these people are not conservative. They are some bastard combination of the worst elements: socially repressive, yet economically wasteful. You want to know what they're doing for us? Here's a nifty experiment: Take $100 in small bills. Go to a public place, like a park or something. Put the bills in a neat little pile, cover them in an accelerant, and then light them up. That's what they're doing to us and our government.
In the words of Spider Jerusalem, "You voted for this. Now vote it out."
So, this is why it hurts my soul when the White House asks for another in the nation's $7.4 trillion debt limit.
While I don't want to sound too much like Andrew Sullivan... these people are not conservative. They are some bastard combination of the worst elements: socially repressive, yet economically wasteful. You want to know what they're doing for us? Here's a nifty experiment: Take $100 in small bills. Go to a public place, like a park or something. Put the bills in a neat little pile, cover them in an accelerant, and then light them up. That's what they're doing to us and our government.
In the words of Spider Jerusalem, "You voted for this. Now vote it out."
