JoeB131
Diamond Member
Yes, increasing the amount of money the government can use to spend and influence will decrease the size of government.The Libertarians and fiscally responsible Republicans (non-RINO's) have begun the takeover of the big spending, big government Rs of late. Clearly not for the White House, but absolutely where it counts, in Congress. It's going to take several voting cycles, but we will get this country on a path to fiscal sustainability. The alternative is unthinkable.
You mean actually taxing people at an appropriate rate?
Here's the real problem- When you idiot supply siders cut taxes and started borrowing, you made government more attractive.
You get all these goodies and no one has to pay for it.
If you really want to shrink government, raise taxes across the board. Then people might want to take care of their own grandmothers than letting government do it.
Ooookay, I realize you are a litle slow... but try this on.
Why has government grown at a faster rate since the Reagan tax cuts?
You really have to think hard about this one, I know, because you don't seem very bright.
If you get all these goodies from the government, and your tax bill for them is low, because instead of taxing people for them, we went off and borrowed money from China, what incentive would you possibly have for wanting less goodies?
You're not paying for them. It's like they gave you a credit card with no limit, and you can pay it off with another credit card with no limit.
Absolutely no incentive at all to demand government live within its means.
Which is why the Federal budget has gone from 590 Billion in 1980 to 2,982 Billion in 2008.
Government Spending Details: Federal State Local for 1980 - Charts
Government Spending Details: Federal State Local for 2008 - Charts
In short, long before Obama ever got there, in less than 30 years, we increased federal spending by 600 %.
Debt increased from less than a trillion to nearly 10 trillion in that time.
Hmmmmm.... Now how could that be? Could it be that it's easier to run up a bill if it isn't clear who is paying for it? Hmmmmm...
Let you think about it for a while... but I'm sure your answer will be a bunch of curse words about the president making it worse and so on.