The Harris campaign represented progressive governance in microcosm. Take the million dollars it spent on Oprah Winfrey’s production company to stage a town hall–style event. Democrats pried $15, $25, and $50 donations from the Social Security checks of seniors frightened into believing Adolf Hitler soon resurrected in the likeness of the former owner of the New Jersey Generals so that they could make one of the wealthiest women in America wealthier. The money left the payers poorer and Stedman with a broader smile upon his face. The lesson? Outcomes rarely match intentions. The government programs they push inevitably end up working out this way, too. Take aid to higher education. The more the government gives in student aid, the more colleges and universities can charge. The more the market can bear, the more schools charge, the more schools charge, the greater the demand for aid, and so on. Subsidies to healthcare unleash similar, unhealthy results. Failure justifies greater government funding. The YouTube ads from Harris peddled desperation — unspeakable outcomes — lest you tithe to them. Many did. None feel gratified by the result. And poor results this go-around do not weaken but perversely strengthen the arguments for giving more next time. The lesson? The greater the failure a liberal scheme, the greater the demand for money to make it work. Despite spending more than any political campaign in any country in history, the Democrats failed to reach their objective. They lost. In terms of the Electoral College, which, given that it and not the popular vote elects presidents, Donald Trump won comfortably. Yet, the Harris campaign spent more than double what the Trump campaign spent. Cash, whether in politics or public policy, does not solve problems. This does not necessarily mean, as the Notorious B.I.G. postulated, “mo money, mo problems.” It does mean welfare money cannot replace a father, high per-pupil expenditures rarely correlates with high test scores, the bigger the government the bigger the corruption — and a campaign drowning in money might simply mean wealthier consultants. The lesson? Throwing money at a problem never on its own solves it. Despite raising and spending more than $1 billion, and well-wisher auxiliary groups additionally raising and spending more than half that on Harris’s behalf, the campaign reportedly still solicits donations in the hopes of erasing a $20 million debt. Yes, team blue ended up in the red. Leftists love other people’s money, and never spend it as responsibly — whether it comes from compulsory taxation or a voluntary contribution — as they do when faced with the dilemma of whether to reach into their wallet to tip the hotel maid (spoiler alert: they don’t). The same Democrats who blew billions of dollars on failed campaigns that flipped the Senate, kept the House in Republican hands, and reelected, after four years in the wilderness, Donald Trump, wanted authority over trillions in tax dollars. Does anyone wonder why our national debt approaches $35 trillion given the way politicos steward donations? The lesson? Do not entrust money to incontinent people who use Oliver Twist’s plaintive plea — “I want some more” — as a permanent demand. Democrats told Americans that if they did not vote for them, democracy would end, that the Republican nominee resembled Hitler, that racism and misogyny motivated Republicans, and that only their victory stood in the way of a fascist America. These same hate-filled scare tactics pass for an argument when trying to coax votes from the other side on legislation. The name-calling explains both the poor performance at the polls and the failure to win over votes on bills from the people described as championing a neo-Jim Crow and embracing fascism. The lesson? Whether looking for votes on Election Day or on a Capitol roll-call vote, honey works as a more effective enticement than a nail-studded Louisville Slugger. The way Democrats campaigned foreshadowed how they would govern. Americans seeing how they campaigned determined how they would vote. READ MORE: $1 Billion Raised, $20 Million in Debt, $1 Million for Oprah’s Endorsement Reclaiming Education for Boys The post Five Frightening Ways Democrats Campaigned as They Govern appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.