Pat Buchanan, in a recent column (Fatal Flaw of Democracies), asks
Does either party have any plan to cut federal spending from today’s near 28 percent of GDP to the more traditional 21 percent?
George W. Bush didn’t even try, and Obama is making that Great Society Republican president look like Ron Paul.
Of course the answer to Mr. Buchanan’s question is “no.” Neither party has such a plan. We don’t really expect the Democrats to have such a plan. They are willing to ride the Ponzi scheme all the way to the bottom.
But the Republicans say they believe in smaller government and fewer taxes. Yet they lie.
When you support the very institutions – the Democratic and Republican Parties – that created the problem, how can you expect them to solve it?
When you support the very institutions – the Democratic and Republican Parties – that created the problem, how can you expect them to solve it?
They haven’t. They won’t. They can’t.
And you shouldn’t support them. Because they are lying to you.
Unless, of course, you believe that THIS time they mean it.
And like the unfaithful spouse, how many times do you let them play you for a fool? Eventually you have to say “no more.”
If you don’t kick them out, you have given your implicit consent to the conduct you pretend to abhor. You allow it. You enable it.
And you are kidding yourself if you believe that THIS time the promise will be kept.
It won’t.
How many times do you have to be played the fool before you say “no more?” How many?