To mark the 10th anniversary, 18 experts--including two key leaders of the Republican revolution, Newt Gingrich and Dick Armey--reexamine the successes and failures of the Republican revolution.
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"A wide-ranging evaluation of the consequences of the 1994 takeover of Congress on the occasion of its 10th anniversary, including comments by some of the architects of that takeover. The sixteen authors cover every facet of government. Some find lasting effects; others, negligible effects; still others, effects that are the opposite of the aims proclaimed in the Contract with America. An interesting and informative read." —Milton Friedman
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Chris Edwards has more than a decade of experience in tax and budget policy. Before joining Cato, Edwards was senior economist on the Joint Economic Committee examining taxation, Social Security, and entrepreneurship issues. From 1994 to 1998, Edwards was a tax consultant and manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers where he focused on revenue estimation, tax modeling, tax reform, and international economy issues. From 1992 to 1994, he was an economist with the Tax Foundation and examined federal, state, and local tax and budget policies. Edwards holds a master's degree in economics from George Mason University.
John Samples directs Cato's Center for Representative Government which studies how the state encroaches on civil society and the positive contribution of limited constitutional government to liberty. The Center focuses on issues such as campaign finance regulation, delegation of legislative authority, and term limits and more general themes such as the political culture of limited government and the civic virtues necessary for liberty. Samples has published scholarly articles in Society, History of Political Thought, and Telos. His opinion writing has been published in, USA Today, New York Daily News and the Washington Times. Samples is a Fellow for the Study of American Government at Johns Hopkins University. He has appeared on National Public Radio, Fox News Channel, and MSNBC. Prior to joining Cato, Samples served eight years as director of Georgetown University Press and, before that, as vice president of the Twentieth Century Fund. He received his B.A. in political science from Eastern Kentucky University and his Ph.D. from Rutgers University. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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The Republican Revolution 10 Years Later: BUSINESS AS USUAL,
This review is from: The Republican Revolution 10 Years Later: Smaller Government or Business as Usual? (Paperback)
This anthology of essays attempts to surmise the legacy and progress of the Republican Revolution of 1994, the Contract for America, and the Republican legislative agenda. The GOP did make progress in welfare reform, but where the accomplished that feat, they marginalized it, by filling the void with billions for frivilous spending and subsidies. This anthology features contributions from Newt Gingrich and Dick Armey.The Republican Congress failed to cut spending sufficiently to coincide with tax cuts. Budget deficits inevitably mean more tax hikes in time, however, discrete. Almost a decade after the 1994 Republican Revolution, the GOP has caved in, capitulated, and these last few years under the Bush administration have taught me that a Republican President doesn't check a Republican Congress, and vice versa. They really only care about holding onto power, so it is "Business as Usual."
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