Starve the beast
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title:
Starve the beast
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"Starve the beast" is a political strategy employed by American conservatives to limit government spending by cutting taxes, to deprive the federal government of revenue in a deliberate effort to force it to reduce spending. The term "the beast", in this context, refers to the United States federal government and the programs it funds, primarily with American tax money, particularly social programs such as education, welfare, Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. On July 14, 1978, economist a
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Political strategy utilized by American conservatives
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starve_the_beast
date created:
2003-11-11T19:19:09Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T02:15:20Z
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