The Government's Maximizing of Dependency
This week George Will wrote an article for the Washington Post that’s well worth reading.
A highlight: “Such a federal ukase (the word derives from czarist Russia; how appropriate) to a state legislature is a sign of the administration’s dependency agenda — maximizing the number of people and institutions dependent on the federal government. For the first time, neither sales nor property nor income taxes are the largest source of money for state and local governments. The federal government is.”
A month ago this article appeared in the Wall Street Journal.
A highlight:
“If the banks are forced to keep TARP cash — which was often forced on them in the first place — the Obama team can work its will on the financial system to unprecedented degree. That’s what’s happening right now.”
