Read this on the Web at http://patriotpost.us/edition/2011/04/11/brief/ Brief · April 11, 2011 The Foundation "Very many and very meritorious were the worthy patriots who assisted in bringing back our government to its republican tack. To preserve it in that, will require unremitting vigilance." --Thomas Jefferson Opinion in Brief Democrat government spending "One of the things that fascinate me about American politics is how the voices of the voters as registered in elections and polls are transformed into changes in public policy. It's a rough-and-ready process, with plenty of trial and error. But for all its imperfections, the political market seems to work. ... [One] development was House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ry...