Cutting Is So Hard to Do - Grant M. N�lle - Mises Daily

Cutting Is So Hard to Do - Grant M. N�lle - Mises Daily: "It is the base of voters with the greatest amount of time, interest, or direct personal and financial stake (unions, pensioners, government employees, government contractors) who wield the greatest amount of voting clout in the political system.

In general, citizens, particularly those voters who tend to actively participate in the political process, want government spending directed toward their favorite programs, but are reluctant to pay for it. Typically they conveniently advocate policies to force someone else — be it 'greedy corporations,' small businesses, the wealthy, or future generations — to pay for what they want."