As our government continues to grow faster than the Chicken Heart*, I tried to imagine a leader with the courage to cut programs or even whole departments. I know. Pure fantasy.
But that got me thinking. Will our government ever get any smaller than it is now? The answer is without a doubt, "No." For government to shrink, programs and departments will have to come to an end. That means lost employment. What legislator or executive has the guts to say we're going to cut jobs in the government? Yeah, I laughed myself silly, too.
The Defense Department does ebb and flow some, but that's the exception.
Where's that leave us? The non-productive, non-wealth creating segment of our society (i.e. the government) will continue to grow at an alarming rate. Its consumption of private-sector wealth will continue to accelerate until such time that nothing remains to be consumed.
And then the Chicken Heart will swallow the Jersey Turnpike. It will be standing outside of your door! Time to start smearing the jello.
(*The Chicken Heart by Bill Cosby)
Friday, July 24, 2009
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A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government. - Thomas Jefferson
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