One More Question

[oldbob]

Can someone answer the question in the next to the last panel of this cartoon? (http://images.ucomics.com/comics/db/2007/db070902.gif)

[alfredr]

"Where did the myth of GOP fiscal responsibility come from?"

Or is it a matter of when did it become a myth? I seem to remember that was what 'conservative' meant back in the good old days, (as opposed to 'tax and spend' Democrats) live within our means. When did that idea change, what happened? Was it voodoo economics? Ronnie Raygun? Not that the Republicans were ever very good at balancing the budget either, but they at least made it seem as though they wanted to.

[nacktman]

Originally posted by alfredr:
"Where did the myth of GOP fiscal responsibility come from?"

Or is it a matter of when did it become a myth? I seem to remember that was what 'conservative' meant back in the good old days, (as opposed to 'tax and spend' Democrats) live within our means. When did that idea change, what happened? Was it voodoo economics? Ronnie Raygun? Not that the Republicans were ever very good at balancing the budget either, but they at least made it seem as though they wanted to.

Nope they have always been the "Tax and Spend" party and forever accusing the Democrats of what they do - just look at these forums and you can see that modus operandi at work - the myth of the GOP's fiscal responsibility is a result of their PR campaign to make it appear so.

Reality is tax increases (the biggest ever), have been by the republicans who spend it on pork and other hidden projects and funnel taxpayer money into private corporations and individual people's accounts.
Democrats spend the tax monies collected on 'visible' projects such as infrastructure, healthcare, education, etc., and are vilified by the republicans for doing so as the 'tax and spend' group.

The myth is a PR creation by a bankrupt ideology to use as a diversion and is nothing more than another one of the 'smoke and mirrors' the republicans use to fool the gullible.

[Tampanude]

Cool avatar, nackt!
My great uncle was a caber toss champ on the old sod

[Qikdraw]

I don't know much about Barry Goldwater, but I'd classify him as a fiscal conservative.

Qikdraw

[luvnaturism]

Sterotypes don't hold up well to close examination, whether they're of the Democrats or the Republicans. In any event, we're in an interesting new era.

Thomas Friedmann, in his book The World is Flat, predicts that economic forces that have been emerging for several years make it likely that we will soon see alliances between labor unions and Republicans, and between Democrats and the Chamber of Commerce.

It's a fascinating time to be alive, and painting either party with too broad a brush may cause some of us to miss what's really going on.

[alfredr]

And there was such a thing as a liberal Republican, e.g. Nelson Rockefeller.