Saturday, November 07, 2009

Three Cheers for Divided Government | Gene Healy | Cato Institute: Commentary

Three Cheers for Divided Government | Gene Healy | Cato Institute: Commentary: "since the start of the Cold War, we've had only a dozen years of real fiscal restraint: Six under Eisenhower and a Democratic Congress, and six under Clinton and a GOP majority."

"since FDR, unified governments have spent roughly three times as fast as divided ones, and they've been much more likely to waste blood and treasure abroad."