aceventura3

I am confused. What was the point of the government stimulus spending?

I have agreed, with the qualification that the improvement is short-term. In the long-term the net impact will be zero, assuming no wasteful government spending.

I am confused by this also. According to Obama what was the cause of the "slump", or the economy being on the "brink"? Was it government? Was it Wall St.? Was it governments lack of oversight of Wall St.? Depending on the answer, doesn't that tell us what the solution should be? In the first year what has he actually done in this regard? I would say - nothing!

You have got to be kidding!

My interests are tied to the American economy, when America does well I do well. I have a low tolerance for empty words. I don't have a government job, no big corporate job, no union job, not tenured, no trust fund, no vast holdings of real assets, no sugar momma and I have never won a state lottery. I need the economy to improve, and I need it to happen sooner rather than later. What we need is for Washington to simply nurture an environment for economic success. They need to get out of the way.


In order for the government to spend a $1 or to use a resource it has to take $1 or take a resource. How is that possibly not true?

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