Why is it that so many people on the political left never seem interested in questioning the size and scope of government itself?
Why is the answer always more government, more bureaucracy, more regulation, more spending, more taxation, and more programs administered by people who are increasingly disconnected from the lives of ordinary citizens?
Why is there so little discussion about empowering individuals, families, communities, entrepreneurs, churches, charities, and local organizations to solve problems for themselves instead of outsourcing every challenge to a centralized authority?
Why does nobody seem interested in asking whether we are actually getting good value for the enormous amount of money being extracted from taxpayers every year?
We pay more taxes than ever. Governments are larger than ever. Public spending continues to climb. Yet housing is less affordable, healthcare is harder to access, productivity is stagnating, debt is exploding, and more people feel dependent on the very systems that are supposedly helping them.
At what point do we stop measuring success by how much money is spent and start measuring success by outcomes?
The bigger government becomes, the more power it accumulates, the more dependent citizens become, and the less accountability seems to exist when things fail.
This is what I struggle to understand. We have centuries of evidence showing that centralized control and wealth redistribution do not create prosperous, resilient societies. Strong societies are built by people who have ownership, responsibility, freedom, and the ability to make decisions for themselves.
Personal agency creates capable citizens. Personal responsibility creates strong families. Decentralization creates resilience. Free enterprise creates prosperity.
Why are so many people unwilling to even question whether we’ve been moving in the wrong direction for a very long time?