Norm is dead on with his comment on Bushite supply siders. In his August 25, 2003 Weekly Standard article in which self-described neocon “godfather” Irving Kristol defined the neocon philosophy/agenda, he said the neo-conmen supported supply-side economics during the Reagan administration only because they believed that a re-invigorated economy could then finance a greatly enlarged welfare state. To these anything-but-conservative statists, the desired ends are bigger government at home and abroad, and if tax-rate cuts can provide the means, then all the better. They don’t support tax cuts because they enhance freedom, but just the opposite: because they help raise … Continue reading re: Supply Siders for the State