“Throughout most of the nation’s history, increasing spending required a type of supermajority support from both chambers of Congress and the President.”
Yes. And more importantly, America used to be a politically, economically, governmentally, and scientifically decentralized system governed by decentralized and publicly accessible mass-member parties.
Also, most fiscal action occurred at the state and local levels….
“Throughout most of the nation’s history, increasing spending required a type of supermajority support from both chambers of Congress and the President.”
Yes. And more importantly, America used to be a politically, economically, governmentally, and scientifically decentralized system governed by decentralized and publicly accessible mass-member parties.
Also, most fiscal action occurred at the state and local levels….
Great analysis, thank you for this! How important is removing the Trump tax cuts to solving this problem?