OK, I didn't have to scream that, but really I did, because so many people appear to believe that Repubicans are sincerely trying to address the country's problems when what they are really trying to do is--fit the govt into a bathtub. The real strategy behind all of what they do is "Starve the Beast"--deprive the govt of revenue, put it into heavy debt, so that it can't do anything but what the Repubicans approve of, namely defense (their base makes a lot of money off of that) and protect contracts and property (which is a local govt thing). Once you see what they really want to do, the you can see Ryan's plan for what it really is--the effective destruction of the federal government.
But if people get onto this won't their support of Republicans shrink? So many government checks get issued to so many segments of the population--agriculture, flood insurance which allows us to have beach homes, and beaches via he Corps of Engineers, thousands of GI pensions and benefits. Medicare, Medicaid, Welfare, food stamps.
Education benefits, loans, tax free investing for education. Tax free investing for retirement.
Medical Research, planetary research, basic science research, Space research.
All these and more have their built in constituencies. Why would they buy into this? |
