Bizarro Sun Yat-sen said:
Cato is a somewhat independent libertarian group. Heritage isn't, it's closely tied to the Republican party and the rest of today's rightist movement.
thanks, yeah, I really haven't researched them much, although I've visited their site after watching some speeches or having listened to them as guests on FOX News...
The Heritage Foundation once brought a pro-free markets, pro-America, anti-Terror French politican (some sort of office like a congressman or the French equivalent).
It was cool hearing him speak about how Chirac should help the US, etc...
ConfusingJazz, I read the article, and it actually says what I thought it would say. Basically, Bush is a big spender. I disagree that there would be less spending under Kerry though, as his compromises for social programs go far beyond what Bush has allowed for.
Also, Kerry himself has said that knowing what we know now, he would have supported the war, if handled in his own way. Libertarians, officially, though, are against the war, and the article uses that as an issue of why Bush is not conservative.
A balanced budget isn't going to happen no matter who is President, and on the whole tax issue, Bush kept his promise in his first term, I see him cutting down spending before raising low and middle-class tax cuts, not to mention he specifically mentioned a simplified tax code as one of his goals.
The guy makes some good points against Bush, and I agree Bush isn't all that great as a harddcore conservative. That said, I kinda like his moderate position and just wish he would cut down basically on pork barrel and education spending (the more we throw at it, the more complacency there is at districts and the worst the situation gets). Education funds should be used for school construction and teacher training, beyond that state and local officials should see to it schools are adapting to community needs.
