THEY MAY BE STUPID, BUT THEY CATCH ON EVENTUALLY (via Kevin Whited:)

Bush and entitlement growth (Joseph Knippenberg, 3/14/2006, No Left Turns)

Following up on the conversation I initiated here, let me offer this article and this chart. While it would seem that proponents of smaller government would have reason to be unhappy with the Bush Administration’s record, the most rapid growth in entitlements seems to follow from the 1996 welfare reform applauded by conservatives of all stripes. [...]

All of this strikes me as consistent with the agenda of "compassionate conservatism," whose original purpose was eventually to build a culture of personal responsibility in place of the culture of government dependency. Transition costs will be high...

You mean conservatives don't get a free lunch either?

Posted by Orrin Judd at March 15, 2006 10:11 AM