Prior to the 2016 election, Ryan McMaken noted that history shows the fastest way to increase government spending is to vote Republican:[F]or decades, we’ve been told that a vote for the GOP  is a vote for “smaller government.” This is repeated both by Republicans, who say it like it’s a good thing, and by Democrats who still seem to think that the GOP is committed to cutting grandma’s safety net.
— Read on mises.org/power-market/cbo-projection-us-deficit-tops-1-trillion-two-years-ahead-schedule

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