Why is machine government a greater affront to democracy than a government of leaderless individualists prone to petty rivalry and endless bickering?
Government is about hard choices.
People who wouldn’t think of raising taxes think there’s nothing wrong with mortgaging the future of their state
by deficit spending and borrowing.
The [political] system is too responsive now. It responds to every short term whim without regard to the long term.
The blind allegiance to party is killing us.
Alan Ehrenhalt is an American journalist and non-fiction author.
