I saw an interesting argument in an article the other day.

Basically, the point was that lower tax rates lead to bad government. Not because the government is under-funded, but because when you pay more for government, you demand greater accountability. After all, you have very different expectations of your car if you paid, say, $5,000 for it than you would have it you paid $75,000 for it.

So the constant drumbeat from conservatives to cut taxes looks very different in the context of such an idea... I like Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul as men, despite Gov. Huckabee's distasteful views on social issues, but both are fools if they think that reducing taxes will magically shrink the federal government. Apparently though, it might lower expectations for their governing...

CDs listened to today:

• Debbie Gibson: Out Of The Blue
• Matias Aguayo: Are You Really Lost
• Percy Grainger: A Lincolnshire Posy
• Kinky: (eponymous)
• William Schuman: Symphony No. 9
• Gyorgy Ligeti: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
• Fats Navarro: The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Volume 1
• Bill Frisell Quartet: (eponymous)