Classic Broken Window Fallacy, you need an education son. How many times does this have to be said: Government spending does NOT in any way stimulate the economy. Please refrain from making comments on economic topics from this point forward, thanks.
when you take an economics class the professor will be kind enough to explain the limitations of classical economics to you.
governent spending goes directly into the economy, directly creates jobs. now, if the money the government spent came from taxes on people who would have otherwise spent that money, then sure.. government spending would not boost economic activity. but thats not the case, see, most government tax revenue comes from people and businesses who normally SAVE their money, not spend it. by taxing these people and then spending that money on public works and other things economic activity is directly boosted.
swallow that and keep it down.
Are you fucking retarded? Let me answer that for you: yes you are and your grasp of this topic isn't even at the elementary level.
I don't blame the government for not doing something to make things better, I blame them for fucking this whole thing up to begin with. Would we have had to raise the debt ceiling if the government didn't bail out the failed banks with tax payers money? No.
Also why you are at it, please name ONE SINGLE government program that's not in the red? This whole idea of the government taking care of you is what brings countries to their knees. In case you forgot, it was one of the main reasons why our founding fathers split off from England, or did they not teach that in junior high?
would we have had to raise the debt ceiling without the bailout? well, since most of the bailout money has already been paid back and since that bailout has helped keep the economy, and thus tax revenues, at a higher rate than it would have been otherwise... yes, yes we still woudl have had to raise the debt ceiling.
americans came here and then eventually split from england because of religious persecution, a general lack of freedom and oppurtunity, and because of taxation without representation. wher eyou got the idea that we didnt want to be part of a society that uses the government as a resource pool to better the lives of everyone... i am clueles.