http://taxvox.taxpolicycenter.org/blog/_archives/2008/10/27/3950417.html The ordinarily very astute EconomistMom blithely asserted that there is "a lot of historical evidence suggesting that one-party government tends toward fiscal irresponsibility." Maybe not. Some time ago, I asked Urban Institute RA, Sonya Hoo, to review the evidence from states, over time, and across countries. She found the evidence of such an effect to be quite ambiguous. en-us http://taxvox.taxpolicycenter.org/blog/_archives/2008/10/27/3950417.html http://www.vpop.net/image.gif