Robert Samuelson an economics columnist for the Washington Post hits the nail on the head today with his column about the growth of government and politicians who promise what they can't deliver:
We in America have created suicidal government; the threatened federal shutdown and stubborn budget deficits are but symptoms. By suicidal, I mean that government has promised more than it can realistically deliver and, as a result, repeatedly disappoints by providing less than people expect or jeopardizing what they already have. But government can't easily correct its excesses, because Americans depend on it for so much that any effort to change the status arouses a firestorm of opposition that virtually ensures defeat. Government's very expansion has brought it into disrepute, paralyzed politics and impeded it from acting in the national interest.
To read the rest of this excellent column on why this country is in big trouble click on the title for a link.
Yes, we are on the "Road to Serfdom"
