Starve The Beast
"Starving the beast" is a political strategy employed by American conservatives in order to limit government spending by cutting taxes in order to deprive the government of revenue in a deliberate effort to force the federal government to reduce spending. The short and medium term effect of the strategy has increased United States public debt rather than reduced spending.
The term "the beast" in this context refers to the American government and the programs it funds, particularly social programs such as welfare, Social Security, and Medicare; and does not usually refer to spending on military, law enforcement or prisons.
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Famous quotes containing the words starve the, starve and/or beast:
“We are truly indefatigable in providing for the needs of the body, but we starve the soul.”
—Ellen Wood (1813–87)
“If you are going into that line,—going to besiege the city of God,—you must not only be strong in engines, but prepared with provisions to starve out the garrison.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)