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hard core Republicans.
IMO there are two kinds of hard-core Republicans: Gluttons and Hypocrites.
The Gluttons want just one thing: more and more "tax cuts" for the very wealthy. Though they make this the perennial core agenda item for the party, they generally don't harp on it until they've got a firm deal with lobbyists to buy enough votes to pass a specific bill through the Senate. The recent death and funeral of Ronald Reagan was a rare occasion to hear from them ad nauseam. Since Ronbo dropped the highest marginal income tax rate from 70 percent to 50 percent (while increasing payroll taxes on ordinary folks 25 percent), Reagan's like a SAINT to them!
While the gluttons quietly go about their reverse Robin Hood business, the Hypocrites create a continual hubbub over God, guns, gays, abortion, education, affirmative action, and any other issues permitting the ugliest appeals to the worst fears of the middle class. They make sure any sensible social policy changes that would take these issues away from them never see the light of day. For example, the House votes down funding to fix leaky roofs and faulty heating systems in urban public schools, while ceaselessly promoting pie-in-the sky school voucher plans.
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