The Once And Former MAGA Economy—How The Donald Broke It, Part 3
The Donald’s out-of-this-world pandemic spend-a-thons were an important reminder that fiscal profligacy is the handmaid of Leviathan. That is, even in a quasi-free society, citizens resist being regimented, bullied, herded and commanded. State actions that deeply restrict their freedoms, badly inconvenience their lives and seriously inflate their cost of living become distinctly unpopular. Very fast. […]