Paul Jacob wrote April 12 on Townhall.com, “[S]olving a problem usually requires recognizing it first.” He noted, “Ranting about Obama and the Democrats, however thoroughly justified, should not obscure the hard, cold fact that this very same big government mentality dominated a government wholly captured by Republicans.” At the federal level, in typical bipartisan fashion, $5 trillion was added to the national debt during a GOP-led government. In short, intellectual honesty is required of national, state and grassroots GOP leaders if that party’s motto about being for smaller government is ever to be believed.