White Lightning
Banned
In light of H.W’s recent passing, I thought back to his Presidency, all the highs and lows and ultimately what ended up sinking his Presidency. H.W making the courageous decision to raise taxes to deal with a massive budget deficit that Bush predicted would come about from Reagan’s voodoo economics. H.W was a representative of a forgone era of Coursge, Country and Compromise. The 90’ Tax Deal was the cutoff point for the Republican Party where Pragmatic Conservativism was thrown off for full throated Opposition and Antagonism, first with Gingrich and later the Tea Party to Trumpism. It was also the last time Republicans ever made any tax compromises of any kind. Ultimately Conservatives worst fears about Bush were realized and they ultimately betrayed him In 92’, First by Primary then in the General. Let us assume Bush put political calculation over a Conservative fiscal discipline. How does that affect the economy going forward and the 92’ Election?