how to balance the budget?

[steveo395]

Originally Posted by joethiesmanfan

That's great for the economy more people on government assistance and more foreclosures. The economy is not like your wallet. Curtting spening does not help an economy. That mean less activity, and that means more debt.

I usually try to stay out of these arguments, but whatever. Cutting spending does help an economy because it puts more money into the private sector. All government spending does it take money from the private sector and then just puts a percentage of that money back in. It doesn't work. The government does not make money, it just takes it from people who make money.

Have you noticed that all of this government spending has not worked? We are borrowing $1.5 trillion dollars per year to "help the economy" and it is not getting better. All we are doing is screwing over our future. Spending a shit load of money didn't work in the great depression either. It doesn't work.