Colin Powell isn't feeling Obama's growth of government? Uhhh....
I support Powell, but what else did he expect? A Dem controlled congress and a Dem in the big chair means growth of government.
Palin resigning as governor? Uhhhh.....
If I were a resident of Alaska, I'd be pissed. Doesn't she have a duty to the people who elected her to finish out her term? Not finishing your term because you get elected to the office of vice president of the United States is one thing, just saying, "I quit" is another.
Judging by the last 30 years, it doesn't matter which party controls Congress and the White House, or whichever way power is divided between the two of them. The scope of authority and cost (in raw dollars) of the Federal gov't has grown, and continues to grow, at an alarming rate. However...
Voters in both parties continue to give tacit, if not explicit, approval to a massive Federal gov't. That which passes for political debate has come down to who benefits from public subsidies rather than how they should be allocated and if they should be distributed in the first place.
Posted by: MIB | July 05, 2009 at 11:44 AM
Right, MIB. My state is on the brink not just because we have an inept governor and legislature currently presiding but because since 1978 when prop. 13 changed the property tax regime and a 2/3rds majority was required to raise taxes, not once has either party done anything to change the spending side of the equation. I remember clearly Bob Dole explaining that budget cuts meant cuts in the rate of growth, not a smaller allocation from the previous budget.
It's all insanity, but the piper has to be paid
Posted by: brotherbrown | July 05, 2009 at 11:21 PM