08.15.05
Republicrats
As a student with fledgling political views, I remember being taught that a core difference existed between Democrats and Republicans. The former believed that government should seek to promote the public good through the expansion of government. The latter adhered to the view that the government should let the people promote the public good through a free market, and that the government should mostly stay out of the way. As far as I can tell, this distinction has completely eroded. There no longer exists a national party which believes in the principals of a limited federal government. The question is no longer should we expand government but instead, how should it be expanded? This is of great concern and the Cato Institute provides an overview of some recent abuses of power by the Republican government.
For years, Republicans argued that the Democratic majority in Congress was intruding the federal government into more and more matters best left to the states, the local communities, or the private sector. After 10 years in power, however, the Republicans have seen the Democrats’ intrusiveness and raised them.
