[freeper12]

>>Either way, the liberals are getting their paid meal tickets and I (and you) are stuck footin' the bill!


Democrats like to spend money like crazy and raise your taxes to pay for it, whereas republicans are different: They like to spend your money like crazy and tell you nobody has to pay for it.

[Consort]

...republicans are different: They like to spend your money like crazy and tell you nobody has to pay for it.

That is one way of partially stating their goal which, I think, is to lower taxes and spend on certain programs, thus forcing other government programs to hopefully go bankrupt. The resulting high deficit would then be used as the rationale for shrinking government to eliminate that deficit rather than raising taxes to do so and keeping a big government. This is possible if the GOP remains in power long enough. And maybe not. Just an idea.

[TBP]

Right. We used to call it "me-too" Republicanism. "Me too, only I'll give you all these programs for a lower cost!"