Prepared to run Milton Friedman’s sixth term, John McCain lays out plans to ’starve the beast’
July 7, 2008 by William K. Wolfrum
Today, John McCain is letting Americans know that, if elected, the U.S. will have a balanced budget by the end of his term. Here is a detailed look at McCain’s three-pronged plan to save the American economy:
1. Cut taxes on the rich and corporations; cut social spending; cut defense spending; Proclaim victory in Iraq.
2. ?
3. Profit!
Oh sure, it sounds easy enough, but one needs to pity McCain, who has been given the responsibility of running Milton Freidman’s sixth term.
You see, Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II got all the fun parts of the “Starve the Beast” plan. They got the illegal wars, tax cuts for his wealthy pals, massive government waste and corruption, running up an astronomical debt and all the other things that make a Republican’s life worth living.
McCain, on the other hand would get the hard part. He’s the one who has to drown the Federal government and 100 million or so Americans in a bathtub.
–WKW
Crossposted at Shakesville.
All of it true.
But you know what makes me really happy?
That no matter what happens, come January 09, George W. Bush will no longer be President of the US.
So McCain abandoned the old progressive version of himself, for the kowtowing, party line toeing, hard right ass sucking, get elected no matter what version of himself. But there is always the outside chance that, after being elected, he says “SIKE! HaHaaaa! Oh yeah! Take that for what you said about me in 2000! Who’s your daddy now, mutha fuka!”
It’s called hope, folks. Hope.