Washington Times, the Distortion Continues

Ok, maybe that is unfair. We shouldn't hold the entire paper responsible for one poor column from Donald Lambro.

I can however, take issue with that article's content:

At that plan's core is a raft of draconian tax increases on critical components of the nation's economy - tax increases that have been an integral part of his party's "grow the government" prescriptions for decades.

Obviously as opposed to the Republican efforts over the last twelve years to....shrink....the government? Under successive Republican congresses and two terms of a Republic administration, the power of the United States government has grown by leaps and bounds. Unless, of course, you are the executive of a Forture 500 company, in which case you will be able to do what you want, when you want, without fear of oversight or reprisal.

In the debate on Tuesday, John McCain put a lovely cherry on top of all that "small" government by stating that the United States government should buy all the diseased mortgages in the country. Because making the USG the largest single mortgage holder in the land is small government.

This meme about Democrats being for "big" government and Republicans being for "small" government needs some redefining. Conservative government, left or right, is for small government. There is not, however, a true conservative running for any ticket on the national level that I have been able to find. So let's give this nonsense a rest, shall we?

No? You need it to force a narrative to get elected? Okay then.