War as a GOP Pretext to Cut Social Safety Net

War as a GOP Pretext to Cut Social Safety Net

By Ben Luongo | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Ronald Reagan’s budget director, David Stockman, spoke candidly years ago about why Republicans like tax cuts so much. In his 1986 book, The Triumph of Politics: Why the Reagan Revolution Failed, he confided that tax cuts served the purpose of creating budget deficits that could then be used to justify spending cuts on government programs. Typically, administrations only cut spending for a program if…