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	<title>Comments on: DeMint Laments &#8216;Business As Usual&#8217;</title>
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		<title>By: Mike Sheahen, Hickor</title>
		<link>http://blog.heritage.org/2009/01/27/demint-laments-business-as-usual/#comment-16578</link>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sheahen, Hickor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If government spending solved recessions, why would there ever be recessions? Government would simply spend their way out of them.&quot;  
Exactly! Documented facts show and prove that if government spending (and taxes), increased or not, was or is any &quot;solution&quot; or &quot;cure&quot; for such as the current so-called &quot;recession&quot;, then the current so-called &quot;recession&quot; would already be ended.  
 
Indeed, such government spending, increased or not, has not ended, is not ending, or will not end economic downturns in this country, but has, does, and will instead exacerbate the causes of such economic downturns, no matter how Leftist government elitist Politicians may deny that fact and their accomplices in academia and the media may try to cover for them accordingly, even going so far attempting to re-write history (such as about how Hoover made &#8220;The Great Depression&#8221; worse but FDR ended it, when the documented facts are they both made it worse; Hoover by signing Leftist government elitist legislation, and FDR by both pushing and signing such legislations). 
 
To better understand and identify with this fact: If you have ever spent at a deficit and perpetuated debt (including credit card debt) and the consequences of it, or if you have ever or are engaging in and perpetuating any such spending and debt beyond yourself and your own lifetime (meaning &#8220;sticking&#8221; others with your debt and the consequences of it), and see government doing the same thing, then you and I understand, or you&#8217;re about to learn, how neither you nor government can &#8220;spend your way&#8221; out of economic trouble! 
 
Indeed such spending and debt is evidently and obviously both wrong and counter-productive as anything other than an excuse for Leftist government elitist politicians to grab more money and power under the guise of &#8220;solving&#8221; any economic woes, etc.   
 
Why is that? There are two reasons I can immediately think of to start with: 
  
1. Because engaging in such irresponsible spending and perpetrating such debt, and even passing it on to others, including subsequent generations, is in fact morally bankrupt, irresponsible, unjust, and altogether inexcusably wrong 
  
2. History repeatedly shows and proves to this day that such trying to &quot;tax and spend&quot; out of any so-called &quot;economic down-turn&quot;, &quot;recession&quot;, or &quot;depression&quot;, simply doesn&#039;t work, and in fact exacerbates them, however useful doing so is for Leftist government elitist politicians to gain power and tax money through such taxing and spending 
 
These things are true, no matter how well-intentioned any Leftist government elitist, or &quot;Keneysian&quot;, politicians may claim to be, and no matter how they may demagogue and pander to get away with such irresponsible spending, etc, which gets most of the people (including business people) into bankruptcy court, and/or punished by the IRS, and/or even convicted and sentenced to prison, etc, for wrongdoing. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If government spending solved recessions, why would there ever be recessions? Government would simply spend their way out of them.&quot; </p>
<p>Exactly! Documented facts show and prove that if government spending (and taxes), increased or not, was or is any &quot;solution&quot; or &quot;cure&quot; for such as the current so-called &quot;recession&quot;, then the current so-called &quot;recession&quot; would already be ended. </p>
<p>Indeed, such government spending, increased or not, has not ended, is not ending, or will not end economic downturns in this country, but has, does, and will instead exacerbate the causes of such economic downturns, no matter how Leftist government elitist Politicians may deny that fact and their accomplices in academia and the media may try to cover for them accordingly, even going so far attempting to re-write history (such as about how Hoover made &ldquo;The Great Depression&rdquo; worse but FDR ended it, when the documented facts are they both made it worse; Hoover by signing Leftist government elitist legislation, and FDR by both pushing and signing such legislations).</p>
<p>To better understand and identify with this fact: If you have ever spent at a deficit and perpetuated debt (including credit card debt) and the consequences of it, or if you have ever or are engaging in and perpetuating any such spending and debt beyond yourself and your own lifetime (meaning &ldquo;sticking&rdquo; others with your debt and the consequences of it), and see government doing the same thing, then you and I understand, or you&rsquo;re about to learn, how neither you nor government can &ldquo;spend your way&rdquo; out of economic trouble!</p>
<p>Indeed such spending and debt is evidently and obviously both wrong and counter-productive as anything other than an excuse for Leftist government elitist politicians to grab more money and power under the guise of &ldquo;solving&rdquo; any economic woes, etc.  </p>
<p>Why is that? There are two reasons I can immediately think of to start with:</p>
<p>1. Because engaging in such irresponsible spending and perpetrating such debt, and even passing it on to others, including subsequent generations, is in fact morally bankrupt, irresponsible, unjust, and altogether inexcusably wrong</p>
<p>2. History repeatedly shows and proves to this day that such trying to &quot;tax and spend&quot; out of any so-called &quot;economic down-turn&quot;, &quot;recession&quot;, or &quot;depression&quot;, simply doesn&#039;t work, and in fact exacerbates them, however useful doing so is for Leftist government elitist politicians to gain power and tax money through such taxing and spending</p>
<p>These things are true, no matter how well-intentioned any Leftist government elitist, or &quot;Keneysian&quot;, politicians may claim to be, and no matter how they may demagogue and pander to get away with such irresponsible spending, etc, which gets most of the people (including business people) into bankruptcy court, and/or punished by the IRS, and/or even convicted and sentenced to prison, etc, for wrongdoing.</p>
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		<title>By: Stimulating Notes &#171; 36 Chambers - The Legendary Journeys: Execution to the max!</title>
		<link>http://blog.heritage.org/2009/01/27/demint-laments-business-as-usual/#comment-15158</link>
		<dc:creator>Stimulating Notes &#171; 36 Chambers - The Legendary Journeys: Execution to the max!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Jim DeMint remains my favorite Senator.  Though the whole &#8220;this is business as usual&#8221; thing is kind of trite (of course it is&#8212;it&#8217;s politics as politics always has been!), he has nailed down one of the keys to long-term growth:  stability in policy.  Even if a series of governmental policies is inferior to another set, the ability for entrepreneurs to plan a decade or more into the future will allow them to sieze opportunities that individuals under a capricious regime could never attempt.  If you know the rules in place won&#8217;t change, you can plan around them and reduce the level of risk in a long-term decision. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Jim DeMint remains my favorite Senator.  Though the whole &#8220;this is business as usual&#8221; thing is kind of trite (of course it is&#8212;it&#8217;s politics as politics always has been!), he has nailed down one of the keys to long-term growth:  stability in policy.  Even if a series of governmental policies is inferior to another set, the ability for entrepreneurs to plan a decade or more into the future will allow them to sieze opportunities that individuals under a capricious regime could never attempt.  If you know the rules in place won&#8217;t change, you can plan around them and reduce the level of risk in a long-term decision. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Ruby K. Gerisch, Bel</title>
		<link>http://blog.heritage.org/2009/01/27/demint-laments-business-as-usual/#comment-15147</link>
		<dc:creator>Ruby K. Gerisch, Bel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you Senator Demint for fighting the good fight for conservative values. You continue to represent the best interest of South Carolina and our great nation. I pray that you will stand strong! </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you Senator Demint for fighting the good fight for conservative values. You continue to represent the best interest of South Carolina and our great nation. I pray that you will stand strong!</p>
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		<title>By: Dick, Nashville</title>
		<link>http://blog.heritage.org/2009/01/27/demint-laments-business-as-usual/#comment-15074</link>
		<dc:creator>Dick, Nashville</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>wasn&#039;t jim demint the guy who said, &quot;freedom&#039;s not free, it costs folks like you and me....freedom costs a buck o&#039;five&quot;???</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>wasn&#8217;t jim demint the guy who said, &#8220;freedom&#8217;s not free, it costs folks like you and me&#8230;.freedom costs a buck o&#8217;five&#8221;???</p>
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		<title>By: Solly, St. Louis</title>
		<link>http://blog.heritage.org/2009/01/27/demint-laments-business-as-usual/#comment-15053</link>
		<dc:creator>Solly, St. Louis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>free-lansing!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>free-lansing!</p>
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