[lentulusgracchus]

he is absolutely convinced that the Bush tax cuts caused the recession. .... He thinks that it took a lot of money out of the economy

There's your answer. Your co-worktwit thinks that

GOVERNMENT SPENDING = THE ECONOMY

He's got Keynes OverDose, Paul Samuelson Clap, Paul Krugman Syph, and has been intellectually sodomized by academic Leftists. Poor boy.

[castlegreyskull]

I told my co-worker he was more than welcome to give the government everything he has. He responded “Why would I do that?” I sarcastically said, “To help the economy.”