Cutting government to ignite economic growth - this has worked in the past?

1941-1945
Bullshit...There was rationing, collection drives for raw materials, people in urban areas growing "victory gardens" so they could eat, inflation so bad that they had to con people into deflating the currency back down with war bond drives...Then there was the steep recession at war's end, as industries had to either retool or just go out of business.

Go peddle your fairy tale that global warfare is economic stimulus somewhere else.

only partisan hacks claim this crap.

the people who lived it LOVED FDR and saw the improvements in their own lives due to his programs

You obviously have NEVER spoken to someone who lived thru it... that explains alot of your ignorance to history.
 
Never because no one has ever been stupid enough to think it would work
So, let's check the score:

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I believe Bill Clinton's very unpopular cuts to Welfare did in fact help to spur Economic growth -if memory serves.
 
Bullshit...There was rationing, collection drives for raw materials, people in urban areas growing "victory gardens" so they could eat, inflation so bad that they had to con people into deflating the currency back down with war bond drives...Then there was the steep recession at war's end, as industries had to either retool or just go out of business.

Go peddle your fairy tale that global warfare is economic stimulus somewhere else.

only partisan hacks claim this crap.

the people who lived it LOVED FDR and saw the improvements in their own lives due to his programs

You obviously have NEVER spoken to someone who lived thru it... that explains alot of your ignorance to history.

do you know his approval rating you liar
 
Britain is trying it right now and it's an epic fail.
Try reading for comprehension next time.

He asked two questions, Baby Einstein.
He has a way of punctuating his posts and posing his questions cryptically, so he always has an out...Cheap contrivances that he ain't terribly slick at.

Answer to the question: It has never been tried in the US.
 

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