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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo

Platapus - in a sense though - isn't less spending - whether on military or social programs - exactly that? Less Government spending equates to less governmental control - over lives, the economy, or the world itself?

This really is where the "debt" issue ends up going off track. JimBuna asked about how much taxes were needed. Why is it somehow not reasonable to expect Government to "live within its means"?

This is the most sensible thing I've read all year.

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