Balderdash! Anyone who thinks that it was 'balancing the budget' that prolonged the depression is smoking something. Our government is already spending far in excess of what it's taking in. These idiotic Keynesian policies stand to put government debt at 25%+ of GDP within a couple of years. All it's doing is digging the hole deeper. IF this nonsense actually did work (big IF there), any uptick in the economy would cause inflation to soar out of control, knocking it right back in the dirt. However, it won't work, and the response will be an even larger 'stimulus', which will make things even worse. THAT is what prologues recessions/depressions and that's exactly where we're heading with the policies that you are advocating for.
Moreover, as much as tax cuts sound like a good idea, the possibility that they would be spent (thus stimulating consumption and growth) as opposed to saved is a not 100% clear.
Spoken like a true nanny stater. Can't let people have their own money, because they MIGHT not do what we want with it. Far better for the government to confiscate that money and make the decisions for them.
It is good that the GOP is sticking to its principles. It is bad that at present the message was one of blocking as opposed to coming up with alternative solutions.
Color me amazed that someone so ideologically fuzzy would be uninformed. The GOP did have an alternative plan and it was voted down 266-170 yesterday.
You’re beating your head against a wall. Good rant though and I agree.