
My Fifth Rule of Politics
The previous four rules of politics had to do with things I had observed about Republicans, Democrats, and their approach to politics. I know everyone has seen those rules in action, they just have never understood them, or how to put words to the things they have seen. I derived these rules from watching and attempting to understand what I am seeing. I write them down like this mainly just so they are somewhere other than my brain. The next few rules are not about politics, but rather about governance. How do elected officials approach their job? Why does it seem that once elected, everybody seems to do the same thing? That leads to the my fifth rule:
“There is always a good excuse for bigger government.”
This is how the process works. Someone identifies a problem, and their solution is always some government program to fix it. Or, they see a government agency out of control, and try to fix it, and are hit with the “you are allied with the bad guys we are trying to stop” excuse. Ronald Reagan once said the closest thing to eternal life on this earth is a government program. Once it is… Read More