[Rhodes22-list] Politics and discussion between Slim, Brad, et al.

[DCLewis1 at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/10/2006 8:28:17 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
ekroposki at charter.net writes:

Conservatives accept that reasonable taxes for maintaining the society  are
in order.  




This is egregious baloney unsupported by any historical fact or  analyses.  
Conservatives do not want to pay taxes, but they do want all the  services 
(defense, education, etc).  The national debt  statistics (see ustreas.gov and do 
the analyses) clearly show   "conservative" governments (Reagan, BushI, and 
BushII) have incurred  historically high debts by any historical standard.  This 
nation has  existed for more than 200 years, just those 3 presidents have 
incurred the large  majority of the existent national debt in less than 20 years. 
Faced with taxes  or borrowing to fund the government conservatives have 
borrowed.  The  historical record is absolutely unequivocal.  And the problem is 
not "we  lost our way", the national debt record clearly shows that huge 
borrowings  started with Reagan.
 
The historical record shows there is absolutely nothing fiscally  
conservative about political conservatives.   
 
Dave