It will be hard to genuinely cut down the size of government as long as the collective establishment media still has the kind of power and influence that it (still) has today.
For the media, any slowdown in the rate of growth is a cut. For the media, any pullback from even a ridiculously large promised future increase is a cut.
Isn't it amazing that Bush can simultaneously manage to cut (or, gut) every single program, particularly the ones Americans like, yet still oversee huge increases in government spending?
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What always amazes me is how emotional the left makes these issues. Say the President proposes a reduction in spending growth for something like Medicaid, meaning there will still be more money spent on the program next year than this year only the growth in spending will be less. The media jumps on the story calling it a "cut to health benefits for the poor" while Democrats start accusing Republicans of hating poor people and wanting them to die of sickness.
It also amazes how the media/left consistently portray tax cuts as creating deficits. "Tax cuts for the rich" they screech even as tax receipts (meaning money brought in by the government from taxes) increase thanks to increased economic activity caused by the tax cuts.
It is all deception. They know the truth, they aren't stupid, but they also recognize that embracing the truth would mean they'd have to agree with Republicans. And they can't have any of that sort of thing going on.