We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.
Government does not solve problems it subsidizes them.
Americans cannot maintain their essential faith in government if there are two Americas in which the private sector's work subsidizes the disproportionate benefits of this new public sector elite.
As a nation we have over the past seven years been rebuilding our intelligence with powerful capabilities that many thought we would no longer need after the Cold War. We have been rebuilding our clandestine service our satellite and other technical collection our analytical depth and expertise.