The political scientist Harold Lasswell wrote the best-titled book about modern politics. “Politics” he said, is about “Who Gets, What, When, and How.”
Lasswell’s instincts were right. Anyone who has worked in politics knows that it begins, and ends, with money. In government, there’s never enough money for everyone. Leadership involves making difficult decisions to deny taxpayers’ cash to some people and programs, when necessary, in the national interest.
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