Source: EconLog
by Thomas Firey
“Democrats typically want bigger government that provides more services, while Republicans — ostensibly — want smaller government at lower taxpayer cost. What we often get is government that tries to do a lot of stuff at low current tax rates — or, put another way, Big Government on the cheap (and with big deficits). Problem is, cheap often means poor quality. From [air traffic contro], to our soon-to-be-insolvent public pension system, to the tinderbox of public lands, and many more examples, plenty of America’s policy issues are at least partly the product of Big Government on the cheap.” (02/27/25)
https://www.econlib.org/big-government-on-the-cheap-a-possible-lesson-from-the-dca-tragedy/