There was a time when American wars were financed by the American public. Income taxes were increased (WWI, WWII, Korea) and war bonds were sold to the public (at very low rates of return). But since America needed that money from war bonds, they needed the public to see their purchase as patriotic gestures (thus…
We are at ‘war’ – or ‘major combat operations’ – or ‘limited operation’. We are attempting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon (an effort that we were told several months ago was not going to be possible following our previous 12 day attack on Iran). Or we are determined to get regime change…
There was a time when the President’s State of the Union address was a seminal event. They were both reflections on the past and an opportunity to rally the country (and Congress) to big policy objectives. Clinton’s “the era of big government is over”, FDR’s outlining of the “four freedoms”, Johnson’s “war on poverty”, Bush’s…
National Disgrace 