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The incentives bureaucrats face may cause them to act in a way that is rational for themselves and their bureaucracies, but is not optimal from a social perspective.That America’s national debt now stands more than $28 trillion has done little to temper Democrats’ enthusiasm for more and bigger government programs, even as a 2020 poll by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation found that 73 percent of voters have become more concerned about the national debt.We might surmise that while most voters recognize the soaring national debt to be a problem, many are willing to accept budget deficits if the resulting...

For Republicans, it's Gingrich vs. Romney

GAO says dozens of employees have bogus diplomas WASHINGTON - At least 28 senior-level federal employees in eight agencies have bogus college degrees, including three managers at the office that oversees nuclear weapons safety, congressional investigators have found.

Prior to last year's bitter debate over state taxes, you'd have to go back to 1989 to find the last time a significant portion of the Nevada Legislature was under public assault. Then the majority of legislators approved an ill-advised 300 percent pension increase for themselves, only to crawl back to outraged voters on their hands and knees by rescinding that decision in a special session. The gesture was too little, too late -- more than one-third of the lawmakers seeking re-election lost their seats in 1990. Fast forward to last year, when a sharply divided Legislature approved a record...