....the moral of the story is simply this: Politicians invariably respond to crises -- that in most cases they themselves created -- by spawning new government programs, laws and regulations. These, in turn, generate more havoc and poverty, which inspires the politicians to create more programs . . . and the downward spiral repeats itself until the productive sectors of the economy collapse under the collective weight of taxes and other burdens imposed in the name of fairness, equality and do-goodism.
I'm Just Saying - doesn't that sound familiar?
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You know for the 4 million jobs this "stimulus" is supposed to create, we could just give 4 million people an average of over $200,000 a piece. Talk about encouraging spending!
ReplyDeleteAnd to think this is only the beginning for these guys! "We are far from getting to the bottom of this problem," said Florida Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson.
You can say that again Bill, 825 trillion times. You're so far from getting to the bottom of it because you've now reached the stratosphere and the space shuttle is taking you for the ride!
By the way, do you have a copy of this book? I've been meaning to read it.