> If one party thinks, we need fewer government employees, and one side thinks, we need more of them, you can see how incentives might line up. It doesn't even

> If one party thinks, we need fewer government employees, and one side thinks, we need more of them, you can see how incentives might line up. It doesn't even have to be the "greedy self-serving" kind. Just thinking you want "to make the world a better place" is enough to justify funds, power and influence. It takes a very rare kind of restraint to not intervene. > That said, Republicans talk about limited government, but in my lifetime, I’ve seen very little difference in the expansion of governmental powers regardless of which party is in control. Sad but true.