It makes one ponder the "Two Santa Claus" theory as more correct than most admit. Jude Wanniski --whom it is said influenced Reagan in the 1970s, particularly in terms of voodoo economics -- said the GOP should play a new type of "Santa Claus" to stop the Democrats from creating popular programs like Social Security, Medicare, and even …
It makes one ponder the "Two Santa Claus" theory as more correct than most admit. Jude Wanniski --whom it is said influenced Reagan in the 1970s, particularly in terms of voodoo economics -- said the GOP should play a new type of "Santa Claus" to stop the Democrats from creating popular programs like Social Security, Medicare, and even Obamacare. So when the GOP controlled the federal government, and particularly the White House, Wanniski proposed Republicans spend as much money as possible to run up the US debt as fast and far as they could. This spending would stimulate the economy,and they would take credit for it. When a Democrat was then in the White House, some in the GOP would scream about the 'national debt' as loudly possible. These types then advocate for spending cuts to infrastructure bills, pay scale bills, and every single social program seen as a Democratic "Santa Claus" program. (They even have added military spending on Ukraine to their list to scream about these days!) All of this hyperbole is in a form of gaslighting about the very debt they piled on to the deficit to begin with.
It makes one ponder the "Two Santa Claus" theory as more correct than most admit. Jude Wanniski --whom it is said influenced Reagan in the 1970s, particularly in terms of voodoo economics -- said the GOP should play a new type of "Santa Claus" to stop the Democrats from creating popular programs like Social Security, Medicare, and even Obamacare. So when the GOP controlled the federal government, and particularly the White House, Wanniski proposed Republicans spend as much money as possible to run up the US debt as fast and far as they could. This spending would stimulate the economy,and they would take credit for it. When a Democrat was then in the White House, some in the GOP would scream about the 'national debt' as loudly possible. These types then advocate for spending cuts to infrastructure bills, pay scale bills, and every single social program seen as a Democratic "Santa Claus" program. (They even have added military spending on Ukraine to their list to scream about these days!) All of this hyperbole is in a form of gaslighting about the very debt they piled on to the deficit to begin with.