| HappySqurriel said: This will make things interesting ... Every political ideology is flawed, and when executed without strong opposition it tends to result in very negative outcomes for most people. The question isn’t "If" we will see negative outcomes from Washington being controlled by one party (and one ideology), its "When" ... As in "When will we start to see these outcomes?" and "When will the voters hold the Democrats accountable?" Now, I could be wrong but I suspect that the answer to those questions really depends on when the Republican party will return to its small government roots ... |
There's no real evidence that Americans prefer small government. They'll answer yes to a hypothetical, of course, but when it comes to cutting Social Security, Medicare, military and intelligence spending, or education, which account for about 70% of spending, they change their minds.
They don't even dislike discretionary spending - only when it's spent on other people. Ask them about financing infrastructure in another state, and they won't like it. But when the question is rephrased to include their own district, they're all for it.
