Commentary For the past year, Democrats in Congress have been trying to pass the president’s Build Back Better plan. As described by the administration, it’s the boldest investment in America since the New Deal. It started with an insane $3.5 trillion price tag. The bill stalled thanks to Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.)—two Dems who seem to be tethered to reality. When that couldn’t get passed they reworked the bill down to just under $2 trillion. No joy on that either—so far. Investment in America certainly sounds good. But does it actually do any good? Decades of Unbridled Spending Failure No government has ever solved a problem by throwing money at it—especially ours. Take housing subsidies. The government has been pouring money into housing initiatives, to the tune of untold-billions of dollars, for decades. And yet the slimmed down version of the Build Back Better bill earmarked …