Posted on 09/16/2009 7:54:25 AM PDT by aic4ever
Last month, Dan Mitchell discussed eight major reasons why big government hurts economic growth. In a continuation video, Mitchell is back for the Center for Freedom and Prosperity with the Empirical Evidence Against Big Government. There is an incredible amount of fantastic statistical information here, and I highly suggest pausing the video periodically where appropriate to study many of the bullet points and charts more closely. Enjoy!
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We have seen the many disasters that big government creates.
1. Social Security
2. Medicare
3. Amtrak
4. The Post Office
5. Welfare
6. All other taxpayer funded entitlement programs.
7. Massive and unending government bureaucracy
8. Amassing massive unsustainable debt and uncontrolled government spending.
9. Corruption on a scale so huge as to defy the imagination.
10. Waste, fraud, abuse of power, conflicts of interests, bribery.
9. wins see congress and senate.
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