To the American Left: The Real Threat to Democracy Is Runaway Spending

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), a centrist Democrat vital to the fate of President Joe Biden's $3.5 government overhaul, walks to a caucus lunch at the Capitol in Washington on Dec. 17, 2021. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo

Commentary

Senator Joe Manchin—and 50 other Senators are standing up to runaway spending. A minority of them think otherwise. As a result, according to the Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin, “democracy is hanging by a thread.” In truth, however, runaway spending and inflation have historically preceded the end of democracy—not fiscal prudence.