The Spending Must Go On!
Posted By Alan Partis on April 24, 2011
I sometimes tune in to liberal/progressive talk radio shows because I want to hear for myself the arguments put forth by “the other side.” One such recent occasion I heard an interview with Representative John Yarmuth, Democrat from Kentucky’s 3rd district, where he identified the economic reason we, as a nation, cannot cut spending: “Federal spending is 25% of total GDP. If we cut spending, we cut GDP. That’s why we can’t cut spending.” The spending must go on! Perhaps, and I’m just going out on a limb here, government spending, especially so-called deficit spending (which means “borrowing” because it’s spending more money than is taken in), should NOT be so large in the first place?
Just a boy from small-town western New York (Batavia) with strong convictions and a desire to express my opinions. I'm married and have a daughter with whom I am taking great pains to brainwash into my way of thinking (so far with great success).
Though I am a software engineer by day, I read a great deal about current events, history, and economics and philosophy. I'm certain that many of my former teachers will be pleasantly surprised to hear this. I've grown very interested in trying to help educate others about the liberty guaranteed to us in the United States Constitution and the economic theories on which this Country was founded.
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