What Happens When The Worst Is Over?

Over at the National Review Online, Michael Franc raises an interesting question first posed by Rep. Buck McKeon, the senior Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee, on the massive education spending provisions contained within the Obama Stimulus Plan.

McKeon’s question: What happens when the Democrat’s spending spree goes away in two years?

Senator Tom Coburn has the sobering answer: It will never go away. You’re talking about a permanent increase at a time when we are in the worst financial shape we’ve ever been in.

A stimulus bill by any other name still smells like a social welfare state to me.