https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/07/an-amendment-to-shackle-the-spenders/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 05:26:18 -0400<![CDATA[Actually, Buchanan’s theory supplanted an ideology — the faith in government as omniscient and benevolent. It replaced it with realism about the sociology of government and the logic of collective action. The theory’s explanatory and predictive power, Buchanan wrote, derives from its “presumption that persons do not readily become economic eunuchs as they shift from market to political participation.”]]>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:30:01 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/02/07/an-amendment-to-shackle-the-spenders-n99932