Not only is the bloating of the Federal budget a betrayal of Republican principles, it's electorally stupid. Yes, in the short-term voters appreciate having new services and the like. But with increased budgets comes increased government payrolls. And these new employees have a vested interest in MORE government growth.
While the overall percentage of unionized workers continues to drop (from 36% in the 50's to 13.6% today,) the number of unionized government workers grows and grows. Their unionized percentage stands at 37.5%. So when we grow the size of the federal government, we also grow the Democrat's get-out-the-vote storm troopers, and the constituency of people who want to bloat the government even further. Duh?
Be sure to also check out John Fund's thoughts on the issue.
Posted by Discoshaman at janvier 20, 2004 12:11 AM | TrackBack