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A good way to do it would be to radically downsize the federal government and return back to limited constitutional government. The less money they have, the le
by milhous 13y ago
A good way to do it would be to radically downsize the federal government and return back to limited constitutional government. The less money they have, the less stuff they can do. Return power (and tax revenues) back to the states so that the people of that state can have a more powerful influence in state/local politics instead of everyone pleading, fighting, and begging at the national level in Washington.
And since radical downsizing won't happen voluntarily, as both political parties are corrupt and incompetent, the only way I can see this happening is for the government to continue borrowing and spending money into oblivion, which will ultimately trigger an economic default. At that point, there will be no money for new secret programs.
- dripton 13y agoThe US national debt is denominated in dollars. The US government decides what a dollar is. There's no way they can default. Just trigger hyperinflation.
- Pwnguinz 13y agoSure, that's the "technically correct, but practically worthless" answer. Trigger hyper-inflation and then what? It surely won't be "business as usual" afterwards.
- ekianjo 13y agoThat's why they do it progressively enough so you dont see prices jumping up too fast. But be sure that they do, from year to year...
- mehwoot 13y agoThe less money they have, the less stuff they can do. Iran-Contra, anybody? And the president that was in charge was a small government hero. And since radical downsizing won't happen voluntarily, as both political parties are corrupt and incompetent, the only way I can see this happening is for the government to continue borrowing and spending money into oblivion, which will ultimately trigger an economic default. At that point, there will be no money for new secret programs. Ah yes, starve the beast. That's working out well.
- notdrunkatall 13y agoExcept they never starved anything. Government expenditures did not decline in any meaningful way.
- ubernostrum 13y agoIt's almost as if there's a trend that people who go on and on and on about their commitment to "small government" principles suddenly abandon those principles the moment they're in power.
- notdrunkatall 13y agoIt's almost as if every politician does precisely that.