President Trump and the Republican Congress are going to do a lot and will likely act quickly and decisively to help the economy become strong, make the borders secure and the immigration laws effective, protect us from terrorists and rogue nations, and improve our education system.  It is vitally important, however, to grasp at the outset that Washington cannot work.  Federal solutions always fail.  The best thing federal politicians can do is to get Washington out of the lives of ordinary Americans, their businesses, and their communities. This must happen fast, because Washington is crawling with folks who will work nonstop to pander the egos of federal politicians and to tell them they, through the wise use of federal power, can solve problems.  Their whole careers, indeed their whole lives, are wrapped up in this foolish and destructive belief. The counties around Washington are by far the richest in our nation because there is no gravy train in...(Read Full Article)