[OhhTee5]

We were/are in freefall BECAUSE of the government.

The government didn’t come to the rescue of the private sector, the government destroyed/is destroying the private sector.

The government doesn’t produce wealth, they spend others wealth.

[rockvillem]

The government didn’t come to the rescue of the private sector, the government destroyed/is destroying the private sector.

Amen. And to have this clown Goolsbee pontificating is the icing on the cake - the guy has never created a PENNY of wealth in the real private sector (I don't count being a freaking academic as private sector work). He has ABSOLUTELY no clue about the private sector. He's the perfect mouthpiece for Obama, who likewise has only a Marxist view of economics. Obama couldn't draw an Econ 101 supply/demand curve graph if his life depended on it.