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The lunacy of huge federal spending must end.

Thomas Jefferson said, “I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.” Certainly, our current unhappiness as a nation can be partially attributed to the fact that for at least the last 38 years we have allowed government at all levels in the United States to rack up enormous debt in the name of providing for the needs of the American people. The $400 billion national debt in 1971 has ballooned to well over $11 trillion today. Our national debt as a nation has gotten so bad that the ratio between debt and GDP will soon be one to one. Most sane Americans agree that the lunacy must end.…
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  • 26 - Bliffle

    Jun 09, 2009 at 7:27 pm

    When in Rome...

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