How Herbert Hoover Became Known as an Economic Non-Interventionist

In Southern California, the I-15 freeway leads from Southern California to Las Vegas. It is not unusual for cars to travel at 80+ miles per hour on this road. My Granddad Bill told me once that he and my grandma were driving home from a trip to Las Vegas and were passed by another car “like we were sitting still.” To guesstimate how fast the other car was going, my granddad looked down and saw that he was already going 110 mph without even realizing it.

Teradollar Deficits Forever

Back in late June when the Senate signed off on President Trump’s legislation to alter federal spending priorities while keeping deficits stuck in the multi-trillion dollar (teradollar) range—The One Bloated Brobdingnian Bill (BBB)—the heroic Rand Paul was the only budget hawk to vote against it in opposition to deficit spending (in contrast to Democrats and a few centrist Republicans, who rejected the BBB’s shift in spending priorities away from Med