Endnotes

1. This is a strange label indeed: it implies that “ordinary” Conservatism is opposed to progress. Have we forgotten that America made its greatest progress when Conservative principles were honored and preserved. ↩

2. These figures do not include interest payments on the national debt. ↩

3. The total figure is substantially higher than the $15,000,000,000 noted above if we take into account welfare expenditures outside the Department of Health, Education and Welfare⁠—for federal housing projects, for example. ↩