Friday, September 17, 2010
The Size of Government and the Choice This Fall - WSJ.com
"Stealth" is the word.
Our elected officials have become comfortable passing bills they haven't read, which likely include things we'll never know about, in spite of majority opposition by the people.
I'm for voting them out, and trying some new faces...
Our elected officials have become comfortable passing bills they haven't read, which likely include things we'll never know about, in spite of majority opposition by the people.
I'm for voting them out, and trying some new faces...
Recently, Arthur C. Brooks and Paul Ryan wrote this in an opinion article in the Wall Street Journal:
"Unfortunately, many political leaders from both parties in recent years have purposively obscured the fundamental choice we must make by focusing on individual spending issues and programs while ignoring the big picture of America's free enterprise culture. In this way, redistribution and statism always win out over limited government and private markets.
Why not lift the safety net a few rungs higher up the income ladder? Go ahead, slap a little tariff on some Chinese goods in the name of protecting a favored industry. More generous pensions for teachers? Hey, it's only a few million tax dollars—and think of the kids, after all.
Individually, these things might sound fine. Multiply them and add them all up, though, and you have a system that most Americans manifestly oppose—one that creates a crushing burden of debt and teaches our children and grandchildren that government is the solution to all our problems. Seventy percent of us want stronger free enterprise, but the other 30% keep moving us closer toward an unacceptably statist America—one acceptable government program at a time.
This process has led to a visceral type of dissatisfaction with the current direction of our country."
