The Party of the Worker Is Now the Party of the Bureaucrat ^67.6%

Quillette - By Claire Lehmann - 6/19/2026, 4:39 AM

Negativity Bias 29.1% - Anecdotal 17% - Hasty Generalization 16.4%

Fifteen years ago, I worked for a woman, a Deputy Secretary in the federal Department of Health, who told me something that I have never forgotten. She said that "the federal government just throws money down the toilet." I've remembered that statement for fifteen years. It bothered me at the time, because I knew she was being honest.... more