ABSTRACT
George Bush individualist sympathies are particularly evident in the economic realm. Rather than taking a paternalistic attitude toward social welfare issues, he appears to prefer market solutions and freedom of choice. Governmental intervention in individual and corporate decision making is necessary to the hierarch, abhorrent to the individualist. Bush spent eight years in an administration well known for its dislike of most forms of governmental regulation, playing a central role as head of the task force on deregulation. Analysis of President Bush's twelve vetoes reveals a striking hierarchical pattern. From a more hierarchical perspective, Bush's response to situations of adversity may be explained by reference to insiders and outsiders. He is willing to tolerate a great deal from those he considers part of the system. Bush's emphasis is on interdiction and on punishment of deviants. The military and the police play the largest role in a war against the drug scourge.
