At times, government seems like little more than a "shell game," with the ultimate goal of increasing its budgets, expanding its reach, and bloating its bureaucracy, all at the expense of taxpaying families.
When the government acts effectively, at least some justification for expansion exists. After all, when it's doing something well, why not expand that function? Reasonable in a common sense way, even this concession makes classical liberals and libertarians cringe. Their vigilance guards us all against government overreach.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Back when Donald Trump's love life was tabloid heaven, a Trump spokesman with intimate knowledge of the businessman's personal relationships offered juicy stories about a failing marriage, a new live-in paramour and three other girlfriends he was juggling at once.
The spokesman identified himself as John Miller. But The Washington Post says it was actually Trump, posing as his own spokesman on the phone with a reporter who wondered why Miller's voice sounded so familiar.
