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To: george76

The answer is easy — more government spending and a tax hike on the “rich” to pay for it.


8 posted on 01/16/2013 8:23:03 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Government programs actually hurt the poor:

Government distorted the health care market and is now working for insurance companies, hospital systems and existing providers: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2012/11/cochrane_on_hea.html

Big Pharma has corrupted the drug process and captured the FDA. Obamacare makes it illegal for the government to negotiate drug prices or for Americans to buy drugs from cheaper foreign sources:
http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2012/11/angell_on_big_p.html

Government unemployment and disability programs worsen job creation and employment opportunities for the poor:

http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2012/12/mulligan_on_red.html

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16 posted on 01/16/2013 9:19:03 AM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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