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It鈥檚 no wonder we don鈥檛 like Washington. What do we always hear? Lazy bureaucrats. Spineless politicians. Conniving lobbyists. What鈥檚 there to love? But here鈥檚 hoping that, just maybe, good politicians start to get a bit more credit.

President Trump鈥檚 tax plan is an example of why career politicians can be valuable. The plan is 鈥渁 free-lunch mentality鈥澛爋f big tax cuts and little offsetting revenue, nonpartisan budget watchdog聽Maya MacGuineas聽tells The New York Times.聽鈥淲ho doesn鈥檛 love a tax cut, especially if no one has to pay for it?鈥� she adds.

What does this tell us? Governing is hard, and we don鈥檛 help matters when we ask for the impossible. Washington generally tries to give us what we want. We need to ask for responsible things, or else reward politicians willing to tell us 鈥渘o.鈥�