On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 9:30 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> I like that chart. It makes clear how we need to slash spending to pay >> down our debt and get our financial house in order. > > I think you took away from that chart what you wanted to.
Of course I did! > Spending isn't our biggest problem right now though, the sluggish > economy and lack of jobs is our biggest problem. Slashing government > spending isn't going to make our economy perform better. It is a > worthwhile goal but should not be the focus right now. As someone once > so succinctly put it, "It's the economy, stupid". Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Mike Mullen just called the national debt the single greatest threat to US national security. So yes, spending is a huge problem. Private sector job creation is absolutely a top priority right now. Unfortunately, it appears that Congress and the White House have no idea how to foster private sector job creation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:326204 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
