Your Pain: The Explosion and Abuse of Government Power in the Clinton-Gore Years<\/strong> <\/a>(St. Martin’s\/Palgrave, 2000):<\/p>\nThose who forget past boondoggles will be perpetually taxed for new boondoggles.<\/p>\n
The issue is not how much a politician cares but how much power he seeks.<\/p>\n
Clinton exploited and expanded the dictatorial potential of the U.S. presidency.<\/p>\n
The Clinton administration built its “bridge to the twenty-first century” by filling every sinkhole along the way with taxpayer dollars.<\/p>\n
Faith in the coercive power of the best and brightest permeated Clinton administration policymaking.<\/p>\n
The Clinton administration consistently acted as if nothing is as dangerous as insufficient government power.<\/p>\n
Clinton\u2019s attempt to forcibly lift people instead left government in the gutter – at least in the minds of tens of millions of Americans.<\/p>\n
The more people government brings to its knees, the fairer society becomes \u2013 simply because government power is the personification of fairness.<\/p>\n
The Clinton recipe for public safety was: if politicians can only frighten enough of the people enough of the time, then everyone will be safe.<\/p>\n
FEMA’s expansion symbolizes the proliferation of acceptable political pretexts for one citizen to stick his hand in another citizen’s pocket.<\/p>\n
The only concept of “disaster” guiding federal policy now is the horror that politicians may miss a chance to buy themselves more votes.<\/p>\n
Clinton\u2019s environmental policies were far more effective at demonizing enemies than in protecting citizens.<\/p>\n
The principle of government supremacy is Clinton\u2019s clearest legacy.<\/p>\n
Clinton\u2019s tax policy exemplified his “feeling your pain” public policy: the only pains that don\u2019t count are those inflicted by the government.<\/p>\n
For scores of millions of Americans, Clinton\u2019s “caring” was more important than his lying.<\/p>\n
The lies that Clinton got away with were far more important than the ones on which he was caught.<\/p>\n
The power a politician acquires for government will survive long after his photo opportunities have faded<\/p>\n
The better that people understand what Clinton did in office, the greater the nation\u2019s chances for political recovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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