Maybe it's the cynicism I've developed observing how government spending is seen as a piggy bank by the unprincipled among us, watching another special interest gaming the system in the hopes the spigot can be kept open is not a surprise. Recalling reports of $500 hammers sold to the Defense Dept., the corruption in the anti-poverty prog…
Maybe it's the cynicism I've developed observing how government spending is seen as a piggy bank by the unprincipled among us, watching another special interest gaming the system in the hopes the spigot can be kept open is not a surprise. Recalling reports of $500 hammers sold to the Defense Dept., the corruption in the anti-poverty programs of the late 60s, and for-profit colleges taking advantage of government-guaranteed student loans, it's hard not to believe that much of government spending corruptly redirects public funds into private hands.
Maybe it's the cynicism I've developed observing how government spending is seen as a piggy bank by the unprincipled among us, watching another special interest gaming the system in the hopes the spigot can be kept open is not a surprise. Recalling reports of $500 hammers sold to the Defense Dept., the corruption in the anti-poverty programs of the late 60s, and for-profit colleges taking advantage of government-guaranteed student loans, it's hard not to believe that much of government spending corruptly redirects public funds into private hands.