On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.

Err..no. Please read again. He said that *national debt* is the single
greatest threat to US national security, not spending.

In case you have forgotten, I'll lay out the equation again: debt  =
revenue - spending

You seem to be utterly unaware that spending is not, in fact, the only
variable. It is just the variable that you choose to focus on.

And I would argue that spending is the least important variable in the
equation. It is important, yes, but not nearly as important as
revenue, because higher revenue usually means that people are doing
better. I favor people doing better, so I want to focus on revenue.
You seem to be more interested in trying to "punish" government
somehow. Fine but not useful.

> 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.

Many people in Congress and the White House have ideas on fostering
private sector job creation. They seem unwilling to take the risks,
however, because people like you are going to piss and moan about
anything the government tries to do. The bolder the suggestion, the
bigger the blowback. So we end up with weak to pathetic attempts
negotiated through pissant "bipartisanship" that end up doing little
if any good.

Judah

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