Socialist Progressives

is the Republican compulsion to not increase taxes and revenues.

Of course, over time expenses go up, people earn raises, costs of products go up. The Republicans cut taxes or pledged not to raise taxes, and now they are stuck between a rock and a hard place. Voters now oppose having their taxes raised (you promised!) but they don't want their services (the ones they use) cut. So no raises, spend less, and provide only the most necessary (politically expedient) services.

The Republicans are bent on destroying our expectations of government, and they are very close. Government is "dysfunctional, bloated, uncontrollable, costly, burdensome - mostly replaceable with private sector, for-profit business entities."

We have lost our collective will for the common good, the general welfare, what government can do best - without profit - and for all.

We'll see if the political pendulum will start to swing left now - or just how right can it go?