The Era of Small Government is Over

My support for Bush is largely based on the character of the man and less on his policies. While I'd give him a B+ on foreign policy (war in Iraq, destruction of Taliban, Libyan mea culpa, Syrian pullout from Lebanon, Israel/Palestinian conflict, etc.), I've found his domestic policies to be...well...awful. Here's another case in point:

Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. President George W. Bush said an election-year bill renewing $146 billion in tax cuts will benefit families and keep the economy on the path of recovery.

``Higher taxes are the wrong policy for this growing economy,'' the president said in his weekly radio address. ``Our families and our country are better off when government lets people keep more of what they earn.''

Now, I'm all for tax cuts. The government confiscates waaaay to much money, much more than it needs. However, to cut taxes without simultaneously cutting spending is immoral. Look, I realize the war on terror is expensive, but discretionary spending has increased some 30% to 40% under Bush. That's nuts. His new Medicare prescription drug benefit alone is going to end up costing us billions.

If you're going to cut taxes for everyone (which he should), then you've got to reduce spending (which he apparently won't). Shame on President Bush.