Conservatism And Its Discontents
By CHRISTOPHER MANION Since 1980, the same party has controlled the House, the Senate, and the White House for about 25 percent of the time. Democrats (four years) used their control to wreak serious damage on the republic: tax hikes (Clinton), Obamacare, and the takeover of student loans (Obama) — all of which led to a continual expansion of the powers of the federal government and a reduction in individual freedom. Republicans used their control in a different fashion during the George W. Bush years (four years four months). On the domestic front, they launched “Big Government Conservatism,” expanding Medicare, intruding more into education, raising the debt ceiling four times; on the foreign front, launching two wars that divide Republicans…Continue Reading