The idea of making the government smaller is pretty much dead politically. The idea of choosing to inflict even small amounts of economic pain in order to corre

The idea of making the government smaller is pretty much dead politically. The idea of choosing to inflict even small amounts of economic pain in order to correct gross social and political ills is too much for people. That boat has sailed. Those who aren't financially incentivized to push for ever more monetary easing are politically incentivized to push for it. We were one vote away from another $2 trillion of government spending and tomorrow the Fed is having an emergency meeting to address inflation. Like pouring gas on the fire while the fire department sets up the hoses.