Hello Flash,
Originally Posted by
Flash
I don't accept your belief that this waste does not matter because it adds to the GDP. Keeping taxes lower and letting American workers choose how to spend that money also adds to the GDP but in a way that helps them.
But in a way which still results in a lower GDP.
Originally Posted by
Flash
We don't collect enough revenue because we spend too much. Look at the history of spending and revenues and you can see that spending increased faster than revenues
I look fondly at the time in history when the deficit was completely eliminated and we had a surplus. And at that moment, your argument was rendered moot.
Originally Posted by
Flash
When so much of that spending is unnecessary and unproductive we could make big cuts without hurting anybody that needs it.
Except everybody who would get laid off as a result of those cuts. All their spending would be subtracted from the GDP, and so would the revenue generated from them paying income tax.
Originally Posted by
Flash
Government funding often rewards more spending and punishes saving--doing nothing to make the country great.
All of those functions provide some part of what makes America great. We study, we learn, we regulate, we manage our society to make American lives better. It would be absurd to expect each measure to benefit each American, but the overall effect is positive.
Originally Posted by
Flash
I certainly agree about Trump, his spending is irresponsible but illustrates what I have been saying. Those spending increases helped him get members of Congress to support those spending bills. Give them some money for their district or state and they will support anything.
Then end earmarks.
Originally Posted by
Flash
If a member wants some project for their district the others don't question that project because they don't want their projects questioned. The surest way to get a new weapons system passed is to have parts of it made in 435 different congressional districts.
Agreed so let's find a way to address that problem besides causing a recession with an approach that is like trying to kill mosquitoes in the glass shop with a sledge hammer.
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