‘Good Government’ Is a Two-Way Street

‘Good Government’ Is a Two-Way Street
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Sept. 18, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Veronique de Rugy
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Commentary

You’ve undoubtedly noticed how up-in-arms everyone becomes when the government is on the verge of shutting down. I’ve also noticed that the people who most loudly express their horror at the notion of a partial government closure seem totally comfortable with the fiscal wall we are barreling into. That wall is being built, brick by brick, by two political parties that are unwilling to end Washington’s spending debauchery.

Veronique de Rugy
Veronique de Rugy
Author
Veronique de Rugy, Ph.D., is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. She has testified numerous times in front of Congress on the effects of fiscal stimulus, debt, deficits, and regulation on the economy. Previously, de Rugy has been a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a policy analyst at the Cato Institute, and a research fellow at the Atlas Economic Research Foundation.
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