All the rhetoric cast by the GOP... the party platform, the debates, political campaign slogans, candidate policy statements, etc. etc....leads to all the things we've been hearing for years. Mostly it's always about:
- Small Govt --- how small is small enough?
- Lower Taxes --- this is just in support of 1)
There is one necessary condition of all forms of democratic government --- a large plurality of the electorate is always dissatisfied with the outcome. In a two party system such as the US's form, this means that approx. 40% of the electorate is always going to be dissatisfied... and a lesser ...
There's something inherently illogical, or dishonest? about a rating's agency "downgrading" US Debt. By "downgrade" a ratings agency is saying that the risk of default is greater on paying interest & or principle on that debt.
So what's illogical or dishonest about that you ask? The US can print all the ...
I won't go into why US gov't's always need an enemy to be perceived by the country's citizens, but when you need to generate one it's not very hard.
Propaganda can materialize a perceived serious enemy in nearly no time at all. But, as ...
Summers' op-ed op-ed of Aug 19 in the WP "The reality of trying to shrink shrink government" provides 3 basic reasons why gov't will not shrink. These are, without my providing the details:
- Demographics of aging
- Federal debt even under the most
This write-up on Hungary's anti-democratic constitution illustrates how easy it is for a parliamentary body (or in US case, a congressional body such as our Senate & House) to rewrite the parliamentary rules which can virtually change things overnight. In the US a constitutional amendment requires 2/3's of states to ...