- -'Bush conservatism', also known as 'compassionate conservatism' is a political philosophy that stresses using traditional conservative techniques, such as privatization, and other concepts in order to improve the general welfare of society. Moreover, Bush conservatives believe in the idea of big government, which can provide economic stimulus, such as tax cuts, and greater unemployment benefits to help citizens in need.-The 'big government/Bush conservatives' also believe that government power is an unstoppable force, and which must be harnessed and used to 'conservative ends'.- Compassionate conservative philosophy argues for policies in support of traditional families, welfare reform to promote individual responsibility, active policing, standards-based schools (Eg. No Child Left Behind Act) and assistance (economic or otherwise) to poor countries around the world.- former Bush chief speechwriter Michael Gerson put it, "Compassionate conservatism is the theory that the government should encourage the effective provision of social services without providing the service itself."
- Tax cuts + Unemployment Benefits:
Paul Ryan supported Bush's 2002 stimulus. But that doesn't make him a hypocrite.Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan was once an enthusiastic supporter of short-term government stimulus-when it focused ove...
Texas 41st State To Back Away From Bush's No Child LawTexas, the state that launched school accountability as an experiment, has applied to untangle itself from parts of the federal No Child ...- Figures:- federal government spending was increased from $1789 billion to $2983 billion (70%)-Between 2001 and 2003, the Bush administration instituted a federal tax cut for all taxpayers. Among other changes, the lowest income tax rate was lowered from 15% to 10%, the 27% rate went to 25%, the 30% rate went to 28%, the 35% rate went to 33%, and the top marginal tax rate went from 39.6% to 35%- child tax credit went from $500 to $1000-2001 - tax cut of $1.35 trillion - at the time, largest in US history-Bush advocated the partial privatization of Social Security in 2005-2006 - however, the reform didn't go through, (and just as well) - would have resulted in another $1 trillion of national debt
Big Government Liberals and Big Government Conservatives Dominate U.S. PoliticsWhether we have Democrats like Barack Obama or Republicans like George W. Bush in the White House, one thing seems clear: America is stuc...- Criticisms:- an empty phrase or vacuism to make traditional conservatism sound more appealing to moderate voters- some have viewed it as an effort to remove America's social safety net out of the hands of the government and give it to Christian churches - faith-based initiatives-massive increase in government spending - policies such as the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, which increase the size of the Medicare program by around $500 billion- alienated the conservative base- betrayed conservative voters and their decades of grassroots activism-
Bush Conservatives / Big Government
1.) What is it? 2.) What type of policies do Bush conservatives propose/ agree with? 3.) Examples/ Figures 4.) Criticisms
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