“At the cost of a weak defense that ended up biting us in the new millennium. If you recall, the military budget was slashed heavily”
You are underestimating the level of domestic cuts that Kasich and Gingrich kept sending up to Clinton. They were significant cuts that were bloody Hill and partisan battles.
Moore’s flaw is that as a pundit, we needed a response to Clinton’s claiming victory in the media for the Balanced Budget.
10 Billion in Defense cuts was actually a victory for Republicans, because the Dems wanted much more.
The increased in defense spending were largely due to Entitlement aging problems that we still face, because back then it was a real Third Rail.
I remember these budget battles clearly. To say that Gingrich doesn’t deserve credit for dragging Clinton into Budget Cuts, is just sticking your head in the sand.
Hell Boehner and gang would have negotiated higher defense spending for higher domestic spending...and that is the point.
Gingrich went in the right direction and when he left, it all fell apart....Gingrich is the person who has the vision and experience to do the touch cutting.
Gingrich Budget Policy...
“On July 29, 1997, Speaker Newt Gingrich joined fellow Republican leaders on the steps of the U.S. Capitol before a large audience of onlookers and the media to celebrate the passage of the 1997 budget agreement. The balanced budget agreement contained several “Republican” tax and spending policies: constraints on domestic spending, the largest savings in Medicare in history, and the first net tax cut in sixteen years, including cuts in capital gains taxes, a child tax credit, an increase in the exemption for estate and gift taxes, and increased individual retirement accounts. Several Republican lawmakers commented that, coupled with the passage of welfare reform in 1996, the budget agreement virtually completed the major goals in the Contract with America. Such sweeping policy changes would not have occurred without a majority of Republicans in the Senate and the House, and without the leadership of Speaker Gingrich.”
You are underestimating the level of domestic cuts that Kasich and Gingrich kept sending up to Clinton. They were significant cuts that were bloody Hill and partisan battles.
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That sounds JUST LIKE ( not shouting just massive emphasis ) what we need right freakin’ now ~!!
Kasich is my Gov and he’s done a helluva job so far.