tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158712.post112931448577628085..comments2024-03-07T11:17:50.935+01:00Comments on amerikanskpolitik.se: Bush sparsam istället?Mathias Sundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10759078378395189361noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158712.post-1129592585283372862005-10-18T01:43:00.000+02:002005-10-18T01:43:00.000+02:00PS.The Economist is strongly anti-Bush and as an e...PS.<BR/><BR/>The Economist is strongly anti-Bush and as an economist I can tell you they have A LOT of factuall errors or misleading figures. <BR/><BR/>The figures of spending used on truckandbarter are undisputable, would you rather belive the US budget office or the Economist?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158712.post-1129592486957136552005-10-18T01:41:00.000+02:002005-10-18T01:41:00.000+02:001. With your logic Sweden is more rightwing than t...1. With your logic Sweden is more rightwing than the US, I mean we have lower absolute spending no?<BR/><BR/>When wages go up costs go up. Wages go up with GDP. Most of US (and Sweden) spending, such as Social Security, is directly connected to growth by index. <BR/><BR/>2. "Clinton" did NOT reduce goverment spending, goverment spending went down during Clinton.<BR/><BR/>The reason is that the fall in international intress rates and US inflation reduces spending on intres rates from 3% to 2% (this came the first 5 years when Clinton was running a deficit)<BR/><BR/>Also because of technological boom costs for unemplyment benefits went down.<BR/><BR/>Can you name any other program Clinton cut, except Welfare that Newt Ginrich forced on him? No? How can you keep saying he cut goverment?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158712.post-1129364211961069502005-10-15T10:16:00.000+02:002005-10-15T10:16:00.000+02:00Ah okej. Det låter vettigt, men som sagt, jag är i...Ah okej. Det låter vettigt, men som sagt, jag är ingen ekonom.<BR/><BR/>Just om för mycket "pork" i bl a infrastruktursatsningar har jag läst en del om, och också skrivit lite. Bla om ett par broar i Alaska, där en går till ett ställe där ingen bor.Mathias Sundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10759078378395189361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158712.post-1129322213112963762005-10-14T22:36:00.000+02:002005-10-14T22:36:00.000+02:00I undestood that the lower numbers for Bush, was w...I undestood that the lower numbers for Bush, was when the growth was compared to the growth of GNP. I kind of liked the comment someone did, that the Government spending should not be linearly related to the GNP. That's why the higher number sounds like a more accurate measurement.<BR/><BR/>A bigger issue right now in media over here, is the value of all the spending. It looks like there's a lot of pork in the spending bills, with questionable improvements for the people on the street. If the Bush administration is taking a chance in handing out some gifts to their big-corporate friends, without looking at what's best for Luisiana and other areas that need the government support, then it's really bad.Mikkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12732225833964479963noreply@blogger.com