Does the Entire GOP Have Memory Loss?

I gotta admit this right up front: I am confused.

As an aging progressive socialist-leaning lefty, I am used to hearing my friends and family on the right screaming about those horrible “tax and spend liberals!”

I’ve grown up hearing the skeptical question, “How do you plan to pay for that?” when progressives ask for more support for the poor, better education, cleaner water, more affordable health care…….

“Oh, you crazy, bleeding heart fools! What about the DEFICIT?”

Remember?

Back in 2013, the conservative think tank, the Heritage Foundation, published an article warning us of the many dangers of an increasing federal deficit. They wrote:

President Obama’s high-debt policies will not only bequeath enormous financial burdens to future generations of taxpayers in the form of high levels of interest expense-projected by the Congressional Budget Office to approach a trillion dollars annually by 2023-but these policies will also significantly reduce personal incomes with which to pay these bills.

We liberals took a deep breath, and tried to convince the conservatives that it is both morally and economically wise to invest in the lives and health of the people in our country.