Sanford Questions Government Spending, The State Blows a Gasket

It seems like they'll never learn. The State's worship of expensive, Big Government plans has reached such extreme levels that they can't even comprehend why others might want limits. (Hint: Taxes) What's annoying: It's not so much the simple fact that The State always wants more taxpayer money. It's not even that they act like they're entitled to increased taxes for government spending.

No, the worst part is when The State feigns ignorance—or maybe it reveals real ignorance—regarding the arguments against increased taxes. It's one thing to say, "My opponent is an idiot." It's another thing to say "My opponent is such an idiot that I can't even understand what he's saying."

Recently, in regard to the subject of expensive, taxpayer funded research projects, Governor Sanford expressed caution about promises of resulting economic growth. The State, confronted with a Governor looking out for the taxpayer dime, was completely baffled. Read James Hammond's naive, ill-informed piece here.

(For evidence that Governor Sanford is right about the ambiguous relationship between research expenditures and economic growth see this article from the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics.)

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