Antone's Nightclub
Democrats Shrink Government
RECEIVED Tue., March 2, 2010
Dear Editor,
The tea-partiers and everyone else should know that the federal government has always grown more under Republicans than under Democrats.
I know you've heard it a zillion times, but the line about Democrats and big government is just another right-wing meme, 100% contrary to the facts.
In fact, government usually grows less under Democrats than under Republicans. Two Democratic presidents – Truman and Clinton – actually made the government smaller.
That's smaller.
As several commenters have pointed out, the tea-partiers are being used by the Republicans and the right-wing media. It may help them to know that Republicans have been lying to them about big government.
There's also the fact that, if you make government smaller, you'll have nothing to protect you from the big corporations and will get eaten alive. An intelligent child could tell you this.
The tea-partiers and everyone else should know that the federal government has always grown more under Republicans than under Democrats.
I know you've heard it a zillion times, but the line about Democrats and big government is just another right-wing meme, 100% contrary to the facts.
In fact, government usually grows less under Democrats than under Republicans. Two Democratic presidents – Truman and Clinton – actually made the government smaller.
That's smaller.
As several commenters have pointed out, the tea-partiers are being used by the Republicans and the right-wing media. It may help them to know that Republicans have been lying to them about big government.
There's also the fact that, if you make government smaller, you'll have nothing to protect you from the big corporations and will get eaten alive. An intelligent child could tell you this.
Perry Logan
P.S. p.s. Obama is an exception to the size-of-government trend, but that's because Obama is a neocon.