Every one should read the book the Submerged State by Susan Mettler. It examines how both parties have expanded government in away that citizens do not even recognize that they are receiving government service. As a result disconnect has formed between the people and their law makers. This is an interesting read that may interest some of you. Mettler looks at three recent examples that have expanded or reduced the submerged state during the Obama administration. The most interesting ones being HMID, and EITC. Obamacare is also a prominent example in this text. I would say the text is left leaning ( if that matters to you) but the basic premise of the book provides an enlightened discussion about american governance and policy creation at the end of the 20th/beginning of the 21st century. PM me you addy if you would like to read it!
Except that family lives in a house it can't afford and eats at 5 star resturants every night. The buget has so many items and buy the law makers votes that it will be next to impossible for them to agree on what to cut. At a 15 trillion debt I'm afraid an axe wouldn't be enough. Taxing people will not make a dent in the debt and I'm afraid all it will do is give the law makers an excuse to spend more. It's a spending problem not a revenue problem.
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