> Since most candidates are running on a platform of promising more free things Most candidates are running on a platform of directing the taxes citizens pay t

> Since most candidates are running on a platform of promising more free things Most candidates are running on a platform of directing the taxes citizens pay towards services the citizens want. It's easy, and dishonest, to deride these as "free things" if you don't want them. Even the tax cut tooth fairy is supposed to be deficit neutral due to "dynamic accounting" gimmickry. The difficult lift is to discern what promises are based on flimflam and which are based on honest accounting and reasonable, time-tested assumptions.