"The federal government does not know how to write a check". --- Well, actually it is very very easy for a government to write a check. Except that in the US, i

"The federal government does not know how to write a check". --- Well, actually it is very very easy for a government to write a check. Except that in the US, it has been made so extremely hard for them, that stuff like space travel, general and medical research just doesn't get funded quickly enough. These regulations have their merits, but the downsides are hardly ever discussed when people want to stop federal overspending...