When there was a surplus,
the GOP's answer was to cut taxes.

When the surplus turned into deficit
(in large part because of the Bush tax cuts),
the Republicans supported more tax cuts.

In time of peace the Republicans
argued for tax cuts.

"Nothing is more important in the face
of war than cutting taxes,"
said then-House Republican leader Tom DeLay,*
after involving the country in two wars, costing billions
of dollars a month.