I do think Bush sent us to the right on reduced taxation and his conducting the war.
Bad news he increased the welfare state and wars always cost us money.
Wasn’t Bush’s choice to be in a war, but we are.
Bush did lower taxes. Good point. He was drawn into a war, fair point. He did increase the welfare state, ouch.
If the cost of the war were the only thing that brought the budget out of balance, I’d understand. If a build-up of the military had caused the same thing, I would have understood. The military spending hasn’t been out of line.
Bush’s compassionate conservatism is what has caused it. His great society program and other great ideas across the board have mushroomed the budget enormously.
Instead of a tax and spend president, we have a borrow and spend president. I actually consider that worse. The public goes along thinking things are okay because it doesn’t hit them directly between the eyes. And when Bush leaves office, the model is there.
Oh this has been done for a long time, but to cut taxes then overspend like there’s not tomorrow. It’s very disconcerting. Then we adopt trade policies that will put extreme pressure on the dollars and encourage foreign investment to go elsewhere. That’s just insane IMO.