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Perhaps a positive spin could be put on the fact that we have would deal with the Democrats and make the bill much more
basically built or rebuilt the infrastructure of a country that had expensive if reluctant Republicans did not go along.
a total GDP of only $65 billion the year before we took over. Conservatives used to be against Big Brother and an overly
But we should also point out that our own State Department powerful federal government and should not have been asked
polls show that a vast majority of Iraqis want us to leave and that to support the USA PATRIOT Act. Now, several hundred lo-
it was never our intention to stay forever. cal governments and even several state legislatures have lined
Everyone now says there are no good options, so I believe up in opposition to this great expansion of federal power.
we should begin a phased redeployment and bring most of our Conservatives used to oppose big increases in federal spend-
troops home—the sooner, the better, as far as I am concerned. ing and earmarks. Over the last few years, Republicans in Con-
Besides slowing down and (one hopes) ending the killing and gress have disappointed most conservatives by championing
maiming of our troops, conservatives could finally stop trying big increases in spending and in our deficits and debt.
to defend some of the most wasteful, lavish, and ridiculous And conservatives used to be against world government
government contracts in our nation’s history. and interventionist foreign policies that create so much re-
sentment toward the United States. We need to oppose em-
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