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I think the more charitable and accurate read on this situation is that the GOP has campaigned for years against government spending and making massive cuts to

I think the more charitable and accurate read on this situation is that the GOP has campaigned for years against government spending and making massive cuts to the budget. Now they’re faced with a situation that can’t be solved without spending tons of money, which is a massive challenge to them politically and a big gamble given that we’re in an election year. The last thing they want to do right now is look like hypocrites to their base.

CarelessExpert 6y ago
> the GOP has campaigned for years against government spending and making massive cuts to the budget. I think you mean massive cuts to taxes. I don't remember the last time they actually significantly cut the overall budget, hence the massive deficits they inevitably run up. And that's where I find this disingenuous. They're sure concerned about deficits, now, but it's odd that they don't seem to have similar concerns when talking about massive tax cuts that enlarge the deficit while disproportionately benefit the wealthy. Of course, the inevitable answer is to plug their ears and chant "Laffer curve", despite no recent tax cut having ever paid for itself..