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Originally Posted by beej
Try as I might I can't find anywhere in any of my few posts thus far where I commented one way or other on the size of government now. However, since you brought it up, I guess it all depends on where you have your priorities. If you consider the number one problem facing the U.S. today (above and beyond anything else) to be the size of government then let's get out the ax. If, on the other hand, you consider the economy the number one problem facing the country today then cutting government doesn't seem to make a lot of sense. It would reduce spending in an evironment where more spending, not less, is needed. It would place more people out of work. (Most of the women that Romney accuses Obama of putting out of work are civil service employees, state and local, who have lost their jobs due to budgetary reductions.)
This is not to suggest that the national debt isn't a major issue; it surely is. But is it one that must be tackled at the expense of everything else? In my judgment, no.
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Ah, so you're one who believes that the only way out of a recession / depression is via gov't spending? We spend almost $1 trillion over the last 3 years on various stimulus packages and programs. Yet your comments suggest we still have an economy that's in some trouble. Hmmmm....