Nothing like a failed and disastrous idea that will never die

And not only does it never die, it keeps being expanded. Earlier this week Rep. Maxine Waters in a TV interview called for “a jobs program of a trillion dollars or more.” Does she mean a trillion dollar jobs training program? Or a trillion dollar version of Porkulus? What differences does it make? The core belief of today’s Democrats is that ever-increased government spending is the source of ever-increasing human happiness.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at September 08, 2011 11:28 AM | Send