I'm surprised that anyone would seriously consider economic advice from Lindsay Lohan. Isn't she fresh out of rehab or something? That will mess you up!
Oh wait, Lindsay Graham? Who's that?
I seem to recall an instance where an Arizona brothel was seized for back taxes. The law requires the government to continue to run the business to pay the taxes. They couldn't do it, and ended up selling the business back to its original owner for a song.
So the question here is, if the government cannot turn a profit selling sex and booze, why the hell would anyone think that they could manage something a bit more complicated, like a bank? Or a lemonade stand?
I saw a quote the other day (not vetted) that is so apt I'm repeating it at every opportunity:
The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money. -- Margaret Thather