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One phrase from the forward of the Constitution of the United States is at the heart of both the Democratic and Republican Parties, "promote the general Welfare". They differ in how they set about achieving this.

The Democrats promotes direct government involvement through government bureauracray that creates jobs.

The Republican Party promotes indirect government involvement by sourcing out government jobs to the private sector. Make a note here: These jobs are still government funded jobs.

Both the Democrats and Republicans embrace economic policies that put money in a state of constant movement within the economy. A cornerstone of this policy was changing our nation from a nation of savers to borrowers.

Both the Democrats and Republicans recognize the economic disaster that would befall the nation if direct, or indirect government jobs were dramatically curtailed. Both parties played major roles in dispatching our precise industrial base out of our nation. Neither can claim a high ground on this fundamental issue. It was the loss of the private sector jobs associated with the industries that forced both the Democratic and Republican Party into further government involvement in the economy with the creation of direct and indirect government job creation.

Neither the direct or indirect creation of government jobs would be possible with deficit spending. There are but two ways to curb the expansion of growth in direct and indirect government job growth. Both are difficult to achieve. Balancing the budget is one. The other is restoring our industrial base.

Balancing the budget would create hardships on millions as there would be few good paying jobs available in the private sector for those laid off from direct and indirect government jobs.

Restoring our industrial base would allow the private sector to create new jobs. Restoring the industrial base would also create an economic climate where direct and indirect government jobs can be eliminated over a period of time.

Since the days of the Nixon Administration the Republican Party has cleverly disguised their smaller government policy by shifting direct government paid jobs to indirect government paid jobs. Both are ultimately paid for by the government, but by outsourcing the government jobs the Republican Party has often laid claim to shrinking the number of people working for the government and claiming growth in private sector job creation. What the Republicans cannot lay claim to is shrinking the cost of government as often the cost of privatizing government jobs is more costly than the direct government paid positions they eliminated. They did after-all move these government jobs into the private sector where companies must have a profit to survive, unlike the federal government.

There is no easy solution that can save our nation from great domestic pain. The longer a good solution is delayed, the more painful it will be upon a larger portion of our population. If delayed until economic calamity comes, neither the Democratic or Republican Parties will survive.

Since the days of the Nixon Administration the Republican Party has cleverly disguised their smaller government policy by shifting direct government paid jobs to indirect government paid jobs. Both are ultimately paid for by the government, but by outsourcing the government jobs the Republican Party has often laid claim to shrinking the number of people working for the government and claiming growth in private sector job creation

So true. This technique has made NGOs arms of the government and private companies, through public-private partnerships also unconstitutional arms of the government. The danger to the freedom of the American people is now pronounced and endemic.