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Government spending (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠40% of the nation's income that comes through taxes and is thus no longer available for people to spend.

Government spending (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a thng that, along with government intrusion into the economy, will provide immediate gain for the many, short-term pain for the few, and long-term gain for all.

Government spending (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠currently about 45 percent of national income. By that test, government owns 45 percent of the means of production that produce the national income. The u.S. Is now 45 percent socialist.

Government spending (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠problematic because nobody spends somebody else's money as carefully as he spends his own.

Government spending (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the problem, not just the deficit. Spending one trillion dollars with a deficit of a half a trillion is preferable to a government that spends two trillion dollars with no deficit.