The big lie, or maybe its not a lie, it's a self-delusion, on the political right is that we are being crushed by taxes. Au contrair. The effect of the conservative ideological dominance of the last 40 years is that we have less government than we had under Eisenhower. Us sixties types still have rock n roll, but we're fighting to keep the gains of the 30's. Great Society and War on Poverty bye-bye. - GWC graph Toronto Globe & Mail h/t James Fallows
