NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER
NOTE FROM THE PUBLISH E R Controlling the Monster BY ALFRED S. REGNERY ANY CONSERVATIVES are beginning to wonder whether re-electing George W. Bush is worth the effort. Although he has fought...
...Armey believes that anybody but President Bush is capable of doing what must be done to control spending...
...For George Bush, it makes for very good politics...
...Norquist nor the Hon...
...And for the American people, the opportunity would allow every worker to become an owner and investor...
...When they are good, they are very very good...
...We agree...
...4 THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR MARCH 2004 Ronald Reagan, in his infinite wisdom, understood that cutting taxes meant less immediate revenue, which meant an inhibition on Congress's ability to spend—this stood alongside the stimulus the tax cuts provide to the economy, which his tax cuts certainly did...
...We at the Spectator think of tax cuts, in fact, a bit like we think of sex...
...The benefit of the Bush tax cuts are now beginning to work as well...
...Kerry's (or whomever the Democrats decided to nominate) criticism of the Republicans' capacity to create deficits, neither Mr...
...Although he has fought many a good battle, his propensity to spend the taxpayers' money and to let the government continue to expand—in fact to expand ever more quickly—has many of his supporters up in arms...
...The opportunity is not only a good one for George Bush, but would be a huge benefit to the American people...
...So maybe it will be worthwhile re-electing the president after all...
...Armey, in fact, believes that if certain things—two, in particular—are undertaken in the second term, re-electing Mr...
...And despite Mr...
...Politicians love to spend our money...
...Both Norquist and Armey offer proposals that will not only control spending, but actually get the monster under control...
...We present them in the hope that the president will add them to his campaign agenda, and will then proceed, after his re-election, to see that they are enacted...
...For the government, it would result in a massive reduction in federal debt...
...And we hope there will be another, and another, and yet another...
...Be he a Republican or Democrat, virtually every elected official finds that catering to the special interests is a good way to get re-elected, with the result that billions of dollars are added to the budget each year for dubious purposes—except those that can be very helpful to the member of Congress who adds them...
...Tax policy is only one side of the equation...
...And when they are bad, they are still pretty good...
...Dick Armey, whose political and economic skills are equally formidable, believes, as does Norquist, that the biggest opportunity going into November is Social Security reform...
...Virtually every elected official finds that catering to the special interests is a good way to get re-elected...
...We present two Washington insiders—former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, and political activist Grover Norquist—who assure us that spending can be controlled...
...Bush could be a very worthwhile endeavor indeed...
Vol. 37 • March 2004 • No. 2
