| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - There are those who buy into Grover Norquist's Starve the Beast theory, which argues that deficits are a Good Thing because they will ultimately (and preferably long after current GOP politicians have retired) force a major shrinkage of the federal government. (Elsewhere I have described the allure of this theory as offering Republicans the political equivalent of a bottomless crack pipe.)
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