Spending is out of control, they say
By Carl Weiser / Gannett News Service
WASHINGTON — President Bush is a "fraud" and a "disaster." He’s betraying the Reagan Revolution. He has turned the Republican Party into the "the new welfare state party."
Those are Republicans talking. And that rage from Republicans who favor small government and fiscal restraint, in Washington and the heartland, could mean trouble for Bush’s re-election.
"This administration has presided over one of the most massive expansions of the federal government in history," said Phil Heimlich, a Republican who is a Hamilton County, Ohio, commissioner. He grades Bush a D.
"Conservatives feel betrayed," said Brian Reidl, a federal budget expert at the conservative Heritage Foundation.
"As far as this fiscal conservative is concerned, I’m doing everything I can to expose Bush for the fraud that he is," said Jim Urling, a Cincinnati lawyer and chairman of a local group that fights government spending and taxes.
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