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Want to Reduce Deficit Spending? Prove It.

1 pointsby lmoormanover 15 years ago

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hgaover 15 years ago
A straw man attack that starts with a sexual slur against the author's enemies fails to impress.<p>It would be a lot more productive to e.g. look at the general Tea Party theme, which is smaller government. If the Federal, state and local governments try to do less, there will be more money for the essentials and the entitlement promises (and the latter <i>have</i> to be adjusted, no feasible tax increases will cover their current projected expenses and the status quo will soon devour the "discretionary" budget; heck, Social Security is about to go into a deficit).
hgaover 15 years ago
US government spending reached 45% of GDP as of last year: <a href="http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/us_20th_century_chart.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/us_20th_century_chart.ht...</a><p>It peaked at 52% in 1945 (WWII). Just how much of the country's wealth does the author think our governments (Federal, state and local) can consume?
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