Ronald Reagan actually said...

The record inflation, interest rates, and taxes of 1980 were caused by a government Goliath growing too fat, spending too much of your money...

Well, I think that possibly Tip is speaking from the always present leaks and from maybe some of the things that he's been reading.

Very simply, my idea of what the Federal Government should be doing is reducing the cost of government to the lowest practical point.

Well, I don't know, now.