quiz : FROM WHICH ERA OF RIGHTWING STUPIDITY COMES THE PHRASE "STARVE THE BEAST?" [+] serious ballot by cranky ACTIVE Mon Dec 04, 06 - Sat Aug 29, 09 Starve-the-beast or choke-the-beast is a conservative political strategy which uses budget deficits to force future reductions in government expenditure, especially spending on socially progressive programs. The term "beast" is used to denote government and the social programs it funds, including publicly-funded health care, welfare, and educational financial aid, the implication being that expenditure on such programs, or the programs themselves, is wasteful or destructive. (Wikipedia) Idiot libertarians, neocons, ivory tower pseudo-intellectuals and other rightwing bozos believe that if you generate tremendous budget deficits, especially through tax cuts to the rich and privileged - assuming Republican dominance of government - it will force massive cuts in social programs while protecting defense and police state operations. From which era of stupid and corrupt rightwing dominance of U.S. government did this morally and politically bankrupt idea spring? The Dubya Era The George H.W. Bush Era The Reagan Era The Ford Era The Nixon Era Ballot #106348 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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