The number of realists who are betting that both the 'economy gets healthy soon' and this government gets spending under control is a tiny group, indeed.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There's an inverse relationship between the size and scope of government and the health of our free-market economy.
America has seen enough of a handful of people growing rich at the cost of our nation descending into economic crisis.
A healthy economy is largely a result of a reasonable balance between consumption today and consumption deferred, and it's pretty clear that balance has been ridiculously out of whack for a while.
But we can also take the radical view that the test of an economy has to do with the extent to which it is providing everybody with a decent means of living.
We are not jumping on the austerity bandwagon. A healthy economy is by far the most important thing for Social Democrats.
We are shrinking the size of the federal government as a percent of our economy from over 21 percent of the economy to 19 percent of the economy. At the same time, we're growing the private economy.
Memo to Congress: America's problem is not that government is too small. It's the spending, stupid!
We are the ones that are trying to get Washington spending under control so it can live within its means.
If large numbers of people believe they have no shot at a better life in the future, they will work less hard and generate fewer new ideas and businesses. The economy, as a whole, will be poorer.
If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth.
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