The government crony Spoils System – of course never actually went anywhere. You win an election – you reward your cronies. Or people you want to make your cronies. Or the spouses of people you want to make your cronies. Biden Nominates WV Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin’s Wife to Federal Commission: “Gayle Conelly Manchin is…
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Joe Biden, Inc and the Democrats have already established a really bad behavioral pattern. Otherwise known as lying their faces off. They name mass avalanches of government spending after popular concepts – but the actual bills actually spend very little on the popular concepts for which they are named. And spends all the rest on…
Every business that wants to be around next year began this year with a budget. A roadmap on how they will spend their resources – on employees, materials, etc. For almost all businesses, government is the largest line item. Paying taxes – and paying to comply with regulations – consumes the largest chunk of their…
We’ve long referenced government’s ”Crowding Out Effect”: “One of the most common forms of crowding out takes place when a large government, such as that of the U.S., increases its borrowing and sets in motion a chain of events that results in the curtailing of private sector spending. “The sheer scale of this type of…

Essential Republicans and Conservatives: This Isn’t an Ideological Debate – This Is a Political War
Democrats having secured complete control of DC, there has been a debate about whether or not – for at least the next two years – working even a little with Republicans and their allies is of any value. The argument against being that since DC is so divided – only enlisting Democrats and their allies…
There’s a line – a sentiment, actually – that governments everywhere really need to take to heart. “Don’t just do something – stand there.” Of course they won’t – because they’re governments. But it would be a lot cooler if they did. Why do we want them standing there – rather than doing something? Because…
The Donald Trump Administration inherited a LOT of accrued crap with which to deal. Our federal government was for the last half-century-plus run by a Democrat-Republican Uni-Party. Both alleged Parties spent decades paying lip service to great chasms of difference between their respective policy prescriptions. But both alleged Parties secretly agreed on just about everything.…
Imagine you have a mess of bees building a hive on your front porch. There are two approaches you can take. One is: You can leave the bees alone – and allow them to continue building their nest. The bees will, for the most part, reciprocate and leave you alone too. Choosing instead to focus…