> 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 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..