Out‐of‐Control Spending: Where’s the Tea Party?
David Boaz
In 2009, President Obama‘s $800 billion “stimulus” bill—dubbed “Porkulus” by critics—set off a nationwide protest movement known as the tea party. Today, journalists casually refer to “President Biden‘s massive spending bill.” Yet, there’s very little public reaction to the bill. Why is that? I can think of three reasons.
First, the multiple trillion‐dollar COVID-19 relief bills passed by large bipartisan majorities under two presidents have simply accustomed voters to the idea of massive federal spending. Читать дальше...