Running for Milton Friedman's sixth term, McCain announces three-pronged plan to "Starve the Beast"
| posted by William K Wolfrum | Monday, July 07, 2008Today, John McCain is letting Americans know that, if elected, the U.S. will have a balanced budget by the end of his term. Here is a detailed look at McCain's three-pronged plan to save the American economy:
1. Cut taxes on the rich and corporations; cut social spending; cut defense spending; Proclaim victory in Iraq.
2. ?
3. Profit!
Oh sure, it sounds easy enough, but one needs to pity McCain, who has been given the responsibility of running Milton Freidman's sixth term.
You see, Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II got all the fun parts of the "Starve the Beast" plan. They got the illegal wars, tax cuts for his wealthy pals, massive government waste and corruption, running up an astronomical debt and all the other things that make a Republican's life worth living.
McCain, on the other hand would get the hard part. He's the one who has to drown the Federal government and 100 million or so Americans in a bathtub.
--WKW
1. Cut taxes on the rich and corporations; cut social spending; cut defense spending; Proclaim victory in Iraq.
2. ?
3. Profit!
Oh sure, it sounds easy enough, but one needs to pity McCain, who has been given the responsibility of running Milton Freidman's sixth term.
You see, Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II got all the fun parts of the "Starve the Beast" plan. They got the illegal wars, tax cuts for his wealthy pals, massive government waste and corruption, running up an astronomical debt and all the other things that make a Republican's life worth living.
McCain, on the other hand would get the hard part. He's the one who has to drown the Federal government and 100 million or so Americans in a bathtub.
--WKW
