Barton Swain makes the observation that “At the moment American constitutional democracy doesn’t seem very good at limiting the damage done by bad and foolish officials.” “… we seem overrun with rulers who possess lots of Machiavellian guile but no Machiavellian competence.”
The last time the U.S. had a balanced budget was in 2001. Both Democrat and Republican administrations have increased deficits since then, often by obfuscating the impact of their expensive, ideological and pork filled legislation with misleading titles such as the “Inflation Reduction Act.” The result? The gross national debt now exceeds yearly gross domestic product.
