Dedicated Taxes, Deceptions, and Driving Fast

David Cay Johnston | Jun. 6, 2011 10:47 AM EDT

One of the most curious themes in tax policy is the steady attack on the best-funded and most stable government programs while taxpayer funds are diverted to risky commercial ventures unlikely to succeed.

These troubling developments are related. They reveal how we have lost faith in the future and are mining the present rather than investing. These policies mean a future that is poorer.