The Dystopia Conservatives Built

truthdig.com — Judging by Tim Tebow’s much-hyped Super Bowl ad, “choose life” remains conservatives’ favorite abortion shibboleth. But really, the phrase better captures the stakes in the Great Budget Wars of 2010. Plagued by deficits, communities everywhere must now decide between tax reform and public spending cuts — between economic life and death. And thanks to two Western bellwether states, we know what each choice means. Choosing death means mimicking Colorado Springs — a Republican red tattoo on Colorado’s purple heart.