This post is in regards to Dr. Paul Heise's column in the Lebanon Daily News on July 24th.  You can find it at this link. http://www.ldnews.com/ci_9982393?source=most_viewed

 

  He speaks about the era of limited government being dead as if it was a current issue.  The facts are that limited government died in the 1930s with the election of President Franklin Roosevelt and the rise of 'progressives'.  Overall, the New Deal was a 'Bad Deal'.  At least for American tax payers. 

 

  Look at the facts.   In 1930 (just before FDR) the federal budget was 4 billion dollars, the population was 123 million, and there was NO national debt.  Today it's almost 2.6 TRILLION dollars, the national debt is 5.4 TRILLION dollars, and the population is only 282 million.  The federal budget has increased 670 times over in the past 80 years , the national debt is a nightmare, and the population has only slightly more than doubled.  Anyone who calls that 'limited government' is seriously out of touch.  Social Security is going broke.  Medicare is going broke.  And soon the tax payers are going to go broke.  Not because of predatory loans, but because of predatory government.  Lack of regulation is not the problem, intrusive government is.

 

  If Dr. Heise would like to truly learn and understand limited government I would encourage him (and anyone else for that matter) to read the Heritage Guide to the Constitution as well as any column from Dr. Thomas Sowell and Dr. Walter E. Williams, both nationally syndicated economists.