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Barry will be attending this event. http://www.goldwaterinstitute.org/article.php?/1088.html The Goldwater Institute invites you to Who's Writing Now? Featuring Steve Slivinski author of Buck Wild: How Republicans Broke the Bank and Became the Party of Big Government "I HAVE LITTLE INTEREST IN STREAMLINING GOVERNMENT," Barry Goldwater declared, "for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them." Today, Republicans hold the White House and a majority in both houses of Congress. But instead of reducing the size of government, they have embarked on a spending spree not seen since the days of LBJ. In fact, real discretionary federal spending increased by 25.2 percent during the first five years of the Johnson Administration, and by 35.8 percent during the first five years of George W. Bush. In Buck Wild: How Republicans Broke the Bank and Became the Party of Big Government, Stephen Slivinski exposes the excesses of this Congress, while suggesting that the cause of limited government may be better served by gridlock than by Republican majorities. Please join us October 26 for a lively discussion with author and former Goldwater Institute analyst Stephen Slivinski, now director of budget studies for the Cato Institute.