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Non-Tech : The ENRON Scandal
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To: Mephisto who wrote (4871)5/13/2003 10:25:02 PM
From: Raymond Duray  Read Replies (1) of 5185
 
GROVER NORQUIST: 'Drowning the Government' Department Chief

Mephisto,

I think I understand why we have such intransigence to give a hand to the needy in high government circles.....

He denies the allegation, but apparently Grover Norquist, described as the "field marshall" of the Bush Adminstration tax-cut, said this: "My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub."

wildwilderness.org

Here's the denial about using the "tub" metaphor, while fully vouching for the notion that destroying all the social programs of government is undoubtedly Norquist's goal:

pbs.org

Quote:

BILL MOYERS: You're on record as saying, my goal is to cut government in half in 25 years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bath tub. Is that a true statement?

GROVER NORQUIST: No. The first part is an accurate statement of exactly what we're trying to do. We've set as a conservative movement a goal of reducing the size and cost of government in half in 25 years, which is taking it from a third of the economy down to about 17 percent, taking 20 million government employees and looking to privatize and get other opportunities so that you don't have all of the jobs that are presently done by government done by government employees. We need a Federal government that does what the government needs to do, and stops doing what the government ought not to be doing.
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