I have figured out the problem with the federal government and it is Willis Carrier, the inventor of air conditioning. Shortly after the country was founded it was decided that Washington DC was going to be the seat of government. Summers in DC are hot and humid which would encourage law makers and politicians to be done with government business and back at home, in the cool, as soon as possible. With the advent of air conditioning Washington DC became much more hospitable, especially indoors. This encouraged law makers to spend time inside, away from the heat and humidity. With all this extra time on their hands the natural thing to do was grow government so that law makers would have a reason to be inside, in the AC. So, the problems that we have today are not because of Republicans or Democrats, socialists or capitalists, it is because of Willis Carrier, the inventor of AC.
(Now that I live in DC, I am thankful that Mr. Carrier invented AC!)
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