Call me not shocked that DC grades poorly against the Freidman rule.
When James Carville, a top campaign strategist in the Bill Clinton 1992 Presidential campaign was asked what voters cared about, he famously quipped, “it’s the economy stupid”. An argument can be made that today’s edited version would be “it’s the spending stupid” and we seek to highlight public entities that Milton Friedman and James Madison would applaud and those they would boo..
Call me not shocked that DC grades poorly against the Freidman rule.