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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (237)	9/1/2011 12:21:58 AM
From: Jorj X Mckie	4 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 85487

Government has essentially woven the stitches that kept America together and probably kept the Country from undergoing violent revolution in the 1930's. yes, government has. The fundamental concept found in the US constitution are what have kept this country together. It is the strayin from these concepts that has put us in the mess we are in now. Government has given opportunity to so many who never ever would have had the chance to make something of themselves but for government. Just a take the GI Bill for instance. The know how learned by that generation is the building blocks that let American corporations become what they are today. liberals make it sound like we weren't an innovative and prosperous people before FDR. I'm sorry, I don't buy that the GIs coming home from the war wouldn't have done just fine without it. Additionally, what you say about cutting spending in the middle of a recession is just going to exacerbate the recession I didn't say that cutting spending in itself would exacerbate the recession. I said that eliminating government jobs would. And even then it may only have a temporary negative effect. What happens when you reduce spending? That puts more money back in the pockets of the people and businesses. And what do people and businesses do when they have more money in their pockets? they spend it. And what does the government get when people spend money? taxes. And you can't tell me that cutting foreign aid spending is going to prolong the recession.