"Some people, though, churn out analysis that is utterly disconnected from reality. I’m even thinking of creating a Fiscal Fantasyland Club to commemorate their fact-deprived writings.
* In a column for the Washington Post, Dana Milbank blamed the “disastrous philosophy” of “anti-government conservatism” for leaving the federal government without the resources to fight the coronavirus.
* In an article for the Atlantic, George Packer told readers that the federal government screwed up because it has been subjected to “steady defunding” by right-wing ideologues intent on “squeezing it dry.”
* Another columnist for the Washington Post, Dan Balz, claims that the botched response to coronavirus was caused by “underinvestment” and “hollowing out” of the federal budget.
The reason we may need a special club (akin to my collection of “Poverty Hucksters“) is that all of these writers are wildly wrong.
Even a cursory look at budget data confirms that the federal government has been getting bigger over time.
Much bigger.
As such, only someone who is completely ignorant or totally dishonest is capable of writing an article based on the notion that there have been reductions in the burden of federal spending."
https://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2020/06/10/fiscal-fantasyland/
* In a column for the Washington Post, Dana Milbank blamed the “disastrous philosophy” of “anti-government conservatism” for leaving the federal government without the resources to fight the coronavirus.
* In an article for the Atlantic, George Packer told readers that the federal government screwed up because it has been subjected to “steady defunding” by right-wing ideologues intent on “squeezing it dry.”
* Another columnist for the Washington Post, Dan Balz, claims that the botched response to coronavirus was caused by “underinvestment” and “hollowing out” of the federal budget.
The reason we may need a special club (akin to my collection of “Poverty Hucksters“) is that all of these writers are wildly wrong.
Even a cursory look at budget data confirms that the federal government has been getting bigger over time.
Much bigger.
As such, only someone who is completely ignorant or totally dishonest is capable of writing an article based on the notion that there have been reductions in the burden of federal spending."
https://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2020/06/10/fiscal-fantasyland/