Republican senator James Inhofe (said to be the “most outstanding conservative U.S. Senator” by Human Events and the American Conservative Union) has introduced the Honest Expenditure Limitation Program (HELP) Act of 2010 to rein in government spending. He proposes to freeze discretionary spending at “FY08 levels for all ‘non-security’ appropriations, which exclude Defense, Homeland Security, State, Veterans Administration, and national security functions of Energy.” And in case you were wondering, “Spending for overseas military operations would be exempt from the cap.” What Inhofe and Republicans want is a slight reduction in the welfare state while increasing the warfare state. Democrats want … Continue reading Too Little Too Late