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To: skinowski who wrote (481170)	4/6/2012 4:57:33 PM
From: miraje	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794309

Any person can see that not much good will come out of this. Would there be "human costs" during cuts? Yes. But they would be not nearly as bad as during an inevitable economic unraveling, towards which the current course is leading. The way I see it, the only way to avoid a really hard and painful economic and social crash is for the government to implement policies that lead to healthy growth. Cutting spending alone won't do it.. And the only way to do that, to paraphrase John Galt, is for the government to "get the hell out of the way". And that means a radically simplified tax code that levels the playing field and ends the political game of rewarding friends and punishing enemies, elimination of crony capitalist handouts and mandates, and putting the crushing load of regulatory burdens (and rogue agencies like the EPA, DOE, etc.) on the chopping block. The lifeblood and economic health of this country is being slowly suffocated by the cancerous growth of government, on all levels. Atlas is staggering and the hour is late..

To: skinowski who wrote (481170)	4/6/2012 6:15:16 PM
From: D. Long	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794309

Indeed they should. GOP is not doing a good job at educating the public. I don't recall seeing anywhere the dollar amounts of the borrowing per person. I agree the GOP is doing a lousy job in this regard. This is where the GOP national organization should be hitting it hard. It's April in an election year, come on. One thing that really would hit home is pushing an ad that explains how our national debt to GDP when factoring in state and local governments and Medicare and SSI exceeds 900%, and comparing that to other industrial nations, and Greece in particular. If that doesn't wake up the independents, nothing will.