As far as entitlements…well, what isn’t an entitlement for you ford? ;-)

The same could be said of you, Justin. :)

When things are just rolling along, it would be “Things are so great right now, folks have money to spare. Can’t they just cough up a couple cents on the dollar to help their ‘less fortunate’ brothers out?”

When things are down, it would be “Now is not the time to cut taxes! We’ll starve these very important programs!”

And the only spending cut I’ve ever seen you endorse on here is…Defense, the one doggone thing that the gummint has on its plate that it really should be spending on.

Because we actually have to tap into our retirement fund for federal workers in order to not exceed the national debt limit of $8.2 trillion.

Again, why is it that we need to raise taxes?

Maybe if we eliminated pork instead, tapping into the a government pension would be unnecessary. Maybe we should start eliminating/slashing useles departments:
Education
Transportation
Energy
…

This is just a sour grapes exercise on Cato’s part. Bush wasn’t a conservative when he was nominated in 2000 or when he was elected later that year. He didn’t become one when he was re-nominated in 2004 and re-elected. He will never become a conservative.

Actually, I think Bush is most definitely a conservative. In fact, he’s a logical extension of the Christian Conservative movement that Reagan embraced and is only now bearing serious fruit.

Concerning CATO, Bush wanted tax cuts, and that’s what he ran on in 2000. In fact, that is THE thing he ran on, so I think it’s pretty consistent that CATO would think he’s a fiscal conservative and therefore back him. And what’s CATO going to do, back Kerry over Bush in 2004? Both you and I know that would never happen.

Also, CATO’s major support for Bush over McCain was 6 years ago. I think it’s perfectly reasonable for an organization to back somebody and then say, “Jeezus…that was a mistake. It is allowable, and I’m sure you’ll hear the sentiments of CATO repeated throughout the country with many fiscal conservatives.

Why is it that taxes need to be raised?

Because we actually have to tap into our retirement fund for federal workers in order to not exceed the national debt limit of $8.2 trillion.

As far as entitlements…well, what isn’t an entitlement for you ford? ;-)

http://www.cato.org/about/about.html

To wit:
The Jeffersonian philosophy that animates Cato’s work has increasingly come to be called “libertarianism” or “market liberalism.” It combines an appreciation for entrepreneurship, the market process, and lower taxes with strict respect for civil liberties and skepticism about the benefits of both the welfare state and foreign military adventurism.

We will need a Democrate to clean up this mess.
Just as Clinton did after Reagan and Bush 1.
Taxes will have to be raised

Why is it that taxes need to be raised? The only reason that government requires so much money is because they are so damn big. Stop funding departments that are unnecessary, and you’ll reduce the deficit without increasing taxes. The government has just become one big entitlement lobby, and every day we get one step closer to “wealth redistribution”.

Bush was opposed within his own party by a perfectly good conservative: John McCain (check his voting record). Bush was the overwhelming nominee of his party (particularly among regular Republicans).

Although Cato does not apparently endorse candidates it’s pretty clear from searching their archives that they favored Bush over McCain.

You asked for it, you got it.

Frankly, it might be hard not to be more fiscally conservative.

Well, when you set the bar so high (so to speak), you make it easier for the next guy (or gal).