During his 1996 State of the Union address to Congress, President Bill Clinton stated, “The era of big government is over.” More than two decades later, President Joe Biden’s address to Congress articulated the exact opposite sentiment.

His address painted a picture of a thriving America under higher taxes and overreaching government. This is simply not the case. Throwing trillions in taxpayer dollars at programs that only seek to increase the size and influence of the federal government is not going to help the public but only hurt it and future generations that will bear the cost.