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The problem was that Gingrich w/ his 'vilify Dems program' was beginning the process of making this unacceptable to the GOP and that GOP 'Party Of No' has gotten worse so much that as long as the Dem's proposed it even lightly retreaded GOP programs get shot down.

Yep. I like to say that several generations of Dem politicos view their purpose as sanding down the sharp edges of Republican policy, which to them is axiomatically what the American voters want without any reference to how they're actually voting/responding to issue polling.

Corn subsidies for farmers in Nebraska = protecting the heart land Feeding kids = shameless socialism from egotistical coastal elites

Doesn't help either that any policy is going to have bad faith beneficiaries no matter how monitored it is.

The reality under Trump is we get the worst of both worlds, everyone pays, but Trump’s cronies and sycophants are the primary beneficiaries. We used to call that corruption.

Yes, it's the equivalent of people voting against education spending because "I don't have children" (or worse "my kids are grown up"). So it's ok for the next generation to be illiterate and unemployable? Who's gonna pay your Social Security?

Reminds me of the '08 primary when Obama got dragged for saying the GOP had been "the party of ideas" and clearly meant this