Except at the end of a war, how often do you remember government being downsized? Almost without exception, government can only grow. A democracy does not seem to know any other way to operate. As one commentator put it: In the past, Congress could always get everybody on board because there was enough money to address their local interests. It was a great "lubricant" in the negotiation process.
Two problems in today's debt ceiling debate; that lubricant doesn't exist when cutting programs and democracy doesn't know how to make painful cuts. That is why it is good to see the current debt ceiling debate be as painful and drawn out as possible. It is merely the baby step toward making real cuts on specific programs. If they can't make the baby step, they'll never get to the real cuts.
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