Reply #19: There was a long term battle plan to increase deficits

[andym]

until the federal government could be targeted for destruction. This began during the Reagan years.
The goal is maximum individual and corporate freedom.
Of course this includes completely dismantling all non-military programs at governmental levels.

That the USA would be reduced to a second-rate country is of no concern to conservatives (loss of government sponsored basic and applied scientific research will transfer innovation abroad). Nor is the any miserable citizens that will abound (no social services means that only financial success will guarantee that you can eat, or be treated for illness)