07/08/2013
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"The critical issue before us is the level of spending, since the level of spending automatically sets the combined level of current and future taxes."
"The greater restraint in spending, the greater overall economic growth these nations have had."
"But even factoring that out, just in nominal terms, 60 percent increase in Federal spending in 4 years is rather breathtaking."
"That is an example of what I like to call McClintock's third law of political physics, which is the more we invest in our mistakes, the less willing we are to admit them."