I’m fascinated by paradigm shifts. Please know this is not a political post, but the one that has my attention now is the idea our federal government has been spending billions, if not trillions, on wasteful, and some say, corrupt pursuits. Agree with it or not, this is the most serious examination of America’s spending priorities since Ronald Reagan took office in 1981. At its core, government is people deciding together what is best left to the individual and what is best accomplished by a group. In 1981, the movement resulted in a significant tax reduction and shift in the tax code, but it wasn’t paired with spending cuts, and I suspect that will be the result again. Whether you realize it or not, our system is based on politicians raising money from special interests, giving the money to media outlets, and politicians in turn, doing what special interests want and the media not
exposing this cycle because it’s not in the media’s financial interest. This cycle is being challenged like no time since 1960, and I’ll watch with fascination to see how it turns out.
