Senator Kyl presents a perfect example. Here's what he said on Fox News Sunday:
You should never raise taxes in order to cut taxes. Surely congress has the authority and it would be right, if we decide we want to cut taxes to spur the economy, not to have to raise taxes in order to offset those costs. You do need to offset the cost of increased spending. And that’s what republicans object to. But you should never have to offset cost of a deliberate decision to reduce tax rates on Americans.
In other words, spending for measures to help the poor must be offset in some way to not increase the deficit, but tax cuts for the rich do not have to be offset in any way. Ostensibly, according to Kyl's logic, tax cuts don't increase the deficit!
Here I thought that the huge Bush tax cuts, which benefit mostly the wealthy, were a big factor in increasing the tremendous deficit we are faced with. The Congressional Budget Office thinks so too. But Republicans know better. They KNOW that tax cuts do not increase the deficit. They have been telling themselves that the solution to any and all problems is tax cuts.
Do Republicans actually believe what they say? Or are they stuck with the same old habit? After all, tax cuts are good for the rich and powerful that Republicans represent, even though they are placing the rest of the country in an economic hell hole.
Judging from what they say and do, Republicans do not give a damn about the deficit. Their only concern is to help the rich and one big way to do this is throught tax cuts.
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