I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by SEC_Chick

It was always a loose coalition based on an agreement with respect to smaller government and lower taxes, but that has been a commitment of words only for a while now.

I mean, let's be honest, that's been a joke for quite a while.

Probably the last time anyone thought there was any real chance of a Republican-backed bill actually shrinking government was the first year of the contract on america congress, and the most successful president at shrinking the bureaucracy in our lifetime was Carter (though the award for most successful politicians at shrinking government would have to be a bipartisan award to Gramm, Rudman and Hollings).