The problem is that when government controls the economy, those who can influence government keep winning, and everybody else just stays the same.
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And you can't have a prosperous economy when the government is way overspending, raising tax rates, printing too much money, over regulating and restricting free trade. It just can't be done.
Big-government economics breeds crony capitalism. It's corrupt, anything but neutral, and a barrier to broad participation in prosperity.
The problem with the economy isn't that people aren't paying their fair share of taxes.
As you see the political problems are closely connected with the economical problems. With the help of politics, we will open the way for the economy and this is why all these problems are included in the program of the newly elected government.
The problem is that the U.S. government is the biggest debtor in the world, and those depending on it to take care of them will only become poorer.
The problem is we have a Wall Street-to-Washington access of power that has controlled the political climate. The donor class feeds the political class who does the dance that the donor class wants. And the result is federal government keeps getting bigger.
The problem is that the economy isn't growing fast enough to accommodate the level of spending produced through the democratic process.
The remarkable fact is not how much government does to control economic activity, but how much it does not do.
You cannot solve the economy in this country by creating government jobs.
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
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