Eight Reasons Why Big Government Hurts Economic Growth

This Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation video analyzes how excessive government spending undermines economic performance. While acknowledging that a very modest level of government spending on things such as "public goods" can facilitate growth, the video outlines eight different ways that that big government hinders prosperity. This video focuses on theory and will be augmented by a second video looking at the empirical evidence favoring smaller government.

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[Bearpage]

Nobama moving troops from iraq to Afghanistan is fixing the country?

[IdiotsForObamaCom]

it's sad that retarded liberal youngins would rather watch 'the hills' and 'big brother' fantasize about Kanye West and watch NBC instead of watching this video that will directly affect the rest of their lives. DUMB GENERATION...

more at IDIOTS4OBAMA COM

[guitarplayer4real]

@Bearpage Actually the stimulous and bail out money is growing the economy (sure it is)... I just cant figure out after more than 3 years of my employees being laid off and still unemployed.. Just when all of this extensive spending is to take effect?

Hopefully it comes around before yet another small business person is ruined.

This garbage wasnt about fixing anything in America and should be treated as an act of war in my opinion. 1st order of business, impeach the zealot leftists.

[ArcoZakus]

@firemedic30ca

Have you considered trying to live there with your family of six before trying to change our country to be like theirs? Once those kinds of changes are made they're pretty hard to reverse if they turn out to be a mistake, but you can always return here if you didn't like it there for some reason. Maybe Portugal? Greece?

But I don't think gas is cheaper there, is it?

[teapartyxpress]

Driving a car is a form of big government. They flood us with regulations, ie) dictate how fast we drive. paint lines all over the road. set mandatory speed limits. traffic lights. driver license requirements.

In a free society these barriers should be removed and people able drive how they feel. Rural India is a great example of free market driving. No lines, speed limits, cross walks, or license requirements.

Yeah, maybe a few goats and people get hit, but thats the cost of freedom.

[armeg35]

@firemedic30ca I'm not saying that our system is better, both of our systems are doomed to failure due to its inability to provide a sustainable future. Our system has been cobbled together because of a two party system which can't agree on jack squat and argue for the sake of arguing. Europe designed a system that will work in the short term but will in the end meet its demise just like ours.

[firemedic30ca]

@armeg35 Yes they pay higher taxes. One of my good friends lives in England. They take about 45% of his wages. In return, free health care, free college education. Here in the US, the government take between 30-35% of my pay, i then fork out $600 a month for health ins on a family of 6 that doesnt cover shit. I cant even imagine what an education will cost for my kids. Tht extra 10% they take in europe, roughly 400 in terms of my pay, goes drastically farther then paying for benefits here.

[armeg35]

@firemedic30ca Yes, but in return much of Europe's work is being shipped over seas, even more so than the US, the European welfare system means that there are higher taxes, etc to pay for their system. Companies don't want to hire from European countries because it means that they will be paying extremely high wages etc.

[Onmetube]

@turisas1234 Awsome! 

[Onmetube]

@deficithawker tells me you don't know shit! If you know anything about history, "and not some liberal professors version " you would know that Regan campaigned on "Smaller government, less taxes and fiscal responsibility and became one of our best presidents because he continued to shrink gov and lower taxes until the end of his service. Compare it to Obama, his campaign promised to stop the wars, (now in 3) close Gitmo,"thank god he didn't" Democrats = loosing!!!! Republicans WINNING!!!!

[firemedic30ca]

@Onmetube I loved that man. 

[firemedic30ca]

Lol, europian style welfare state? Europe has some of the best health care in the world free of charge, enjoys the highest standards of living, works 4 hours a week less then americans and live longer happier lives. Yes, yes, degenerate into a europian welfare state, please for the love of good become a europian welfare state. I can hardly afford my health care for a family of six, or the gas to get them to the doctor. Bet you republicans are just eating this shit up arent you?