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June 19, 2016
The Contract with America promised to eliminate 95 specific government programs.
None of those programs were eliminated.
Welfare reform was passed and offered the first substantive alterations of these programs in a generation. Even so, the budget for these 95 programs during Gingrich’s time as Speaker grew by 13%. That’s the story of post-Cold War conservatism. Lots of Five Year Plans and artfully labeled agendas, but the result has been a 25 year run of expanding government and retreating liberty.Who Killed Conservatism? | The Z Blog
Posted by gerardvanderleun at June 19, 2016 9:57 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.