Reply #33: Praise Jebus! But seriously....'Starving the Beast'? [View All]

[NoFace]

That phrase should be on the tongues and in the minds of every American.
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"Starving the beast" is a fiscal-political strategy of some American conservatives<1><2><3> to use budget deficits via tax cuts to force future reductions in the size of government. The term "beast" refers to government and the programs it funds, particularly social programs such as welfare, Social Security, and Medicare.
The tax cuts of former US President George W. Bush's administration, still in place, are an example. He said in 2001 "so we have the tax relief plan <...> that now provides a new kind -- a fiscal straightjacket for Congress. And that's good for the taxpayers, and it's incredibly positive news if you're worried about a federal government that has been growing at a dramatic pace over the past eight years and it has been." <4>


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starve_the_beast