Bartlett: Grove Norquist Said the Goal’s ‘To Ratchet Down the Size of Gov’t’ Till It’s ‘Small Enough to Drown’ in a Tub

RUSH EXCERPT:

BARTLETT: "Well, the plan, which was devised by my friend nor quistis to ratchet down the size of government until it’s small enough to drown it in a bathtub. Those are his words. You’ve got a system here where they are intentionally increasing the budget deficit by 1.5 trillion and then pretending there are no offsetting effects. The minute the ink is dry on this legislation, you’re going to see not only the automatic cuts that you already talked about, but there are $4 trillion of cuts to Medicare and social Security in the Republican budget. They’re going to suddenly notice the deficit is a problem. But they will not under any circumstances undo the tax cut that caused the deficit to increase because the pledge makes it impossible for them to do so. Therefore, all of the reduction in the deficit will come from spending."