Mt Whitney Zone Forums General Discussion Yosemite, Congress & Sequestering

George,

FDR doubled the size of the federal government in his first term...the result...the Depression of 1937.

Obama got his trillion and his administration said unemployment would not exceed 8%...the result was over 10% unemployment rate and lowering of the labor participation rate. I don't care what the unemployment rate is there are less people working today that 4 years ago with a larger population. If you call that a success, I would like to know what failure looks like.

The federal government is spending 25% of GDP. Mr. Obama does not want a tax increase to reduce the deficit but to increase the size and scope of government beyond what it is today.

So, don't tell me spending what we don't have works...it did not in 1933 or in 2009.