"People Who Don't Believe in Government Do a Bad Job of Running
It":  I've heard this refrain over and over, with regard to
FEMA, the V.A., and other examples of government incompetence
that happen to occur in the Bush Administration. Via commenter
Justin, here's an example from "Balloon Juice": "people who
don’t believe in government do a crappy job when they try to run
it. You can look practically anywhere in government today and
find the same story – managing the occupation of Iraq, science,
women's health, disaster management."  Here are two major
problems with this thesis: (1) The Bush Administration is not
exactly full of libertarians; exactly who in the Bush
Administration "don't believe in government"? Given that
government spending during this administration has increased at
rates not seen since Lyndon Johnson, the better lesson would
appear to be that "throwing government money at problems doesn't
make them go away." (2) We have plenty of examples of people who
surely did believe in government that