Starve the beast

Starve or starving the beast is an extremist right wing American economic plan to pull the government out of as much public sector involvement as possible. Its main advocate is Grover Norquist.

Starving the beast has three phases

1. Big tax cuts

2. A deliberate economic crisis

3. Under cover of the crisis swinging public sector cuts and deregulating the economy to take the state out of sectors normally publically funded.

Starve the beast.

The beast is the state, the aim is to starve the state of funding and force it out of areas of the economy.

It is an extremist right wing American plan to slash tax income thus forcing the government to make swinging spending cuts. 

In the UK version deregulation will parallel the spending cuts and the removal of the state from sectors of the economy.

Main targets

• Welfare is the main target
• Education
• Health
• Social security
• Local authorities
• Public sector organisations and corporations 

maximum privatisation minimum state.

Main protagonists in the UK

The Institute of Economic Affairs

Prime Minister Truss

Chancellor Dr Kwarteng

Mr Rees-Mogg

The European Research Group

Other right wing MPs Tory party donors and right wing think tanks.

Probable outcome of starving the beast.

The collapse of the British economy

Huge growth in poverty

Huge reduction in consumer spending

Recession even economic depression

Reduction in public spending and deregulation to such an extent that an incoming Labour government will be unable to rebuild the public sector.

The Labour party, Unions and others grouped together as the 'anti-growth coalition' will be blamed for the deliberately induced crisis and its disastrous consequences.

Opposition to starve the beast in the UK

The UK Conservative party is the most successful political party in the world. It detests Labour and unions. It believes it is at war with socialism. It believes deception to be an acceptable strategy in war.

Labour are not ahead in the polls. The Conservatives are behind in the polls. The Conservatives know they will lose the next election. 

They have two years to starve the beast beyond resuscitation.

There is no effective opposition to the Tories in the UK at this time