Playing to Type...So What

Reliability can be very reassuring. Except for a brief disorienting period when the "triangulators" were in power in the '90s the Democrats can always be counted on to lay claim to the fruits of your labors. All the progress, however slight, made by the Republicans in turning back the ever-growing tax burden will be reversed soon. And the justification will go as follows: We can't entertain tax cuts because we are so concerned about the budget deficit. Not concerned enough to decrease spending, mind you, only concerned enough to not reduce taxes. And, thus, a stereotype is, yet again, affirmed.

There is nothing here that is insightful or even controversial. It all simply serves to set up my real point. These are sad times for small government advocates. The Democrats are giving us just what we'd expect - higher taxes and no brakes on government sprawl. And the Republicans only value is that at times they seem willing to slow down this rapid government growth if only slightly. So how is a small government leaning citizen to vote? My tactic has always been to vote Republican because even though you most likely won't get the low taxes and small government that you hope for, at least there's a chance. And you know for certain that you'll get just the opposite from the Democrats. But this is not a strategy for a successful realization of my Live Free or Die Americanism. So there must be another way. Perhaps the great minds that flock to H-Blog can offer one up.