Quote Originally Posted by honedright View Post
I suppose the Federal gov gradually got so big because someone(s) thought it (Program, agency, etc.) was a good idea at the time, and possibly solved an immediate problem. But as often happens, people tend to be short sighted, especially during a crisis, and forget to consider long term consequences of their quick fixes.
“nothing is more common than for a free people, in times of heat and violence, to gratify momentary passions, by letting into the government, principles and precedents which afterwards prove fatal to themselves.”

Phocion (Alexander Hamilton) 1784