Econ C-Hawks

Rich Proctor points the finger at the "economic chickenhawks" behind the Bush administration's economic stimulus plan.

What's an "economic chickenhawk," you ask? Proctor defines it "as a public person, generally male, who (1) tends to advocate, or is a fervent supporter of those who advocate radical, permanent tax cuts and 'voodoo' economic programs designed to make the rich richer, all in the name of 'free enterprise,' while (2) declining to take advantage of a significant opportunity to participate in the free enterprise system itself." He elaborates:

The Economic Chickenhawks in the Bush Administration can yammer about "cutting taxes to produce jobs" and "cutting dividends to create prosperity" with such confidence because they've never put these principles to the test themselves (GUESS WHAT! THEY DON'T WORK!). Like the Vietnam war, where these gutless wonders could safely bellow about the domino theory and "getting tough with Ho Chi Minh" from the safety of the Young Americans For Freedom Rec Room at Yale while blacks and poor Southern whites did the actually fighting and dying, so now they can pretend that "Leave No Millionaire Behind" economic voodoo actually means something. None of these folks have ever succeeded running a real business. None WILL EVER run a real business -- after Bush loses in '04, they'll go back to their Think Tanks, Consulting Fiefdoms and Corporate Boardrooms, and continue to pretend that making rich people richer actually makes the United States a better place.