Not just leaders, but government in general. Unelected bureaucracies can be just as dangerous.
And they are not our leaders, they are our representatives. Regarding them as leaders allows them to act as our betters. And another reason for term limits on Congress.
What President Trump did was make us think past the sale. He made everyone agree to executing the POS by turning the argument into whether it should be televised.
The way to fix it is Congress critters can't run for reelection if the budget has a deficit.
balance budget amendment that also mandates a clean budget every year
term limits
push services off to the states. Not everything is a federal responsibility.
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