Taxation and Manifest Destiny
From early on, the tax policy of this country was, “You need a bridge? Great! Let me sell this lot to Mr. Jones…okay, here’s your bridge appropriation.” We literally got used to getting things for nothing.
National debt
The Sequester: Fooled You!
The sequester was not unwanted. It was not unplanned. Both parties have it in their interest to do exactly what they did.
The Debt Debacle and Now a Downgrade.
Well, what else did you expect? Standard & Poor’s put the U.S out of the AAA club and into the AA+ fraternity. Apparently, nobody flinched when Reagan increased…