None of us should be surprised about W’s big government Republicanism (possibly a redundant expression). Tax cut and spend George is a chip off the old block, except that he learned from his father that the one thing you can’t get away with as a Republican is increasing taxes. Clearly though, he is carrying forth his father’s big government legacy. Just remember, Bush 1 brought us not only the tax increase but also the 1990Clean Air Act Revisions that spawned the absurd air pollution regulations that we are living with now; the Americans With Disabilities Act; an increase in the minimum wage; and the civil rights act changes that gave us that ridiculous “statistical disparity” definition of discrimination. He did all of this damage in just 4 years. Bill Clinton will be remembered as a small government Democrat sandwiched between two big government Republicans.