The remarkable fact is not how much government does to control economic activity, but how much it does not do.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Government is not the generator of economic growth; working people are.
It should not be the government running the economy.
You don't grow the economy by growing government.
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.
We have built a government so large and so expensive here in Washington that not even the richest economy in the history of mankind can afford it. That's how big it's gotten.
The economy is not governed with the bottom half in mind.
The problem is that when government controls the economy, those who can influence government keep winning, and everybody else just stays the same.
Government does not create wealth. The major role for the government is to create an environment where people take risks to expand the job rate in the United States.
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.
The budget doesn't have much control over the government. Then again, the government doesn't have much control over the budget.