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Originally Posted by mookiemookie
U.S. Railroad Administration, Public Works Administration, OFHEO, Bureau of Mines
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Good points. So why does public spending outpace inflation dramatically?
Oh yeah, those programs become something else.
But let's examine:
US Railroad Administration: Created for a war emergency, and had a clear expiration date. Clearly out of the context as I CLEARLY meant regarding examination and repealing of programs.
Public Works Administration: A good example, but yet again, why when I'm clearly referring to modern government spending, must you go back to pre WWII in order to try to make a point (which is contextually irrelevant to begin with)?
OFHEO: Combined with another program - ergo, not repealed.
Mines: Actually your best example here. Yet, it is miniscule in relation to government programs.
Okay, fine - perhaps "seldom" is a more accurate term - in the same way that .000000000001 of a dollar is actually NOT zero dollars. But, in the process of making that point, you made another - only a liberal could miss or distort a concept so much as to make it unrecognizable despite its validity.
"Never" vs. "Almost Never". Glad to see our country's problems reduced to such a semantic triviality.