The Baldwin Doctrine

Alec Baldwin has recently testified that Obama is not flourishing as a President because of a lack in spending. As a result, Alec Baldwin is a blue as they come. The rhetoric of spending and its importance in a vibrant economy is something we were all told but that doesn't stand the test of time. Baldwin might be referencing the expansion of our defence spending by Bush, Great Society under Johnson, or even the national highways with Eisenhower which has all earned them their appropriate places in history, for better or for worse. What Alec fails to see, and so do many others, is that spending only cures short term problems. In the long term, however, it does more harm than any good. Only the good things that come from government expansion are mentioned oh so frequently, leaving the unintended consequences to fall in the background, camouflaged by the short term achievements until reality sets in, if at all.

What most americans to not notice are the successful presidencies that come about those who sit around and do nothing. President Calvin Coolidge is one of those immortal beings that come to mind. Veto after veto, he was able to halt the expansion of the bureaucracy under his term in office with the philosophy that the private sector knew what was best to conduct business as usual. For now we are stuck with the Baldwin Doctrine until the tea party can do anything about it, or else it will be capitol hill as usual.