| Kasz216 said: No real blame game about it. Just see no way to get back to the "Good old days." politically. People seem hellbent on wasteful spending regardless. Even a depression won't stop them since constant spending is what's supposed to get you out of a depression. We seem somewhat caught in a loop of crazy spending. I mean, i'd argue that the Neocons took power... probably with Reagan starting mostly. I mean Reagan promised a lot of cuts... one of his and George Bush's big campaign planks was "I will eliminate the useless department of education." It's still here though... why? It's a great place to put political lackies.
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Because Republicans like to talk more about big government rather than actually do that much about big government. At least with tax cuts they usually deliver, but with big government it can be a complete mixed bag. Bush the W. for instance is the first President to break a $1 trillion budget AND the first President to break the $2 trillion mark. That's just unacceptable coming from the party of supposed fiscal conservatives.
I'm all for rooting out waste and inefficiency in the departments, like Education and especially Homeland Security (which is just one big mess right now with no clear goals). Independent evaluation of the government from a third party is a must in terms of making the government more efficient.
I think there are a lot of great government programs and govermental bodies out there that people overlook, but the government should be run more like a business. I just don't see why it should be any other way.
People often ignore state government's problems too. State goverments are as inefficient or more so than the federal government (at least nationally, it can vary based on the state).
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