In every presidential election, the Republican candidate runs as a conservative promising to reduce the debt and deficit. The promises have been made for so many decades that they have created a myth that Republicans are fiscal conservatives determined to reduce the National Debt and the Democrats are crazy, uncontrolled spenders. In the 2016 election,…
The obvious concerns with the federal government continue: massive debt, a Congress unwilling to be held accountable for declaring war, and a budget process in name only. The American people have lived with this condition for decades and seem to accept it without appreciating that it pushes us so close to the edge that some…
By William L. Kovacs This question was first asked at the Constitutional Convention. While there is the occasional politician who asks it during a campaign, the question is mostly rhetorical. Our politicians really do not want a response since it is clear that our government today is formed for politicians and political parties to control…