Normally it takes getting into a higher tax bracket to force this type of conversion. :-) The nice thing about conservatives is they don't believe in the powe

Normally it takes getting into a higher tax bracket to force this type of conversion. :-) The nice thing about conservatives is they don't believe in the power of government to do things right. The bad thing is that this sometimes leads to putting incompetent people in jobs of authority since the expectations are so low. ("You're doing a helluva job Brownie!") On the flip side, the Democrats historically have wanted to put more competent managers in (not always!) because they believed that government can solve real problems. The reality is there's a limit to central planning, so lots of great intentions go awry. Hayek [1] covers a lot of the theoretical underpinnings to this. It's worth reading the first two books, though be aware of the historical context. It was a time of competition against what appeared to be an unassailable centrally planned Soviet machine. [1] http://www.amazon.com/F.-A.-Hayek/e/B000AQ6W60 http://www.amazon.com/F.-A.-Hayek/e/B000AQ6W60