Spending Restraint, Part II: Lessons from Canada, Ireland, Slovakia, and New Zealand

Nations can make remarkable fiscal progress if policy makers simply limit the growth of government spending. This video, which is Part II of a series, uses examples from recent history in Canada, Ireland, Slovakia, and New Zealand to demonstrate how it is possible to achieve rapid improvements in fiscal policy by restraining the burden of government spending. Part I of the series examined how Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton were successful in controlling government outlays -- particularly the burden of domestic spending programs. www.freedomandprosperity.org

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[RevMossGatlin]

@vspqbd That's a pretty fucking retarded statement.

[Reaps51]

Sonny nearly had me going there.  Nice one.

[vspqbd]

Solution: Have all government spending--Local, State, and Federal--equal to zero.

[G0dspelronin]

@lowslowflyer77 Pm me what you are saying. I'd like to hear this without the comment box cutting your message short.

[lowslowflyer77]

@G0dspelronin Try telling a child in the middle of a tantrum that he or she is hurting themselves , they don't want to hear it and you shouldn't listen to their silliness or be influenced by in the adult must do what is best for the one in this condition and never back down...There is a force behind this tantrum and it wants us all to go nuts and fight each other then it can come in and take over ponce we are like those who we stand up to...

[G0dspelronin]

The only problem is that American politicians will never give up their progress of taxation. For Allah's sake , our friggin congress gives themselves raises during a recession at the hands of people that our losing their jobs and homes. State and government employees seem not to understand that they are bleeding the American people dry and into poverty while they demand raises and pension at our hands.

[bertly71]

This is exactly what our current problem, a spending problem. We spend too much money on too many things, and don't do any of them very well.

[Maino88]

The guy below is correct. At 4:37. That isn't Auckland, NZ. It's Sydney, Aus.

[scariaez2]

4:37 that's Sidney Australia

[a4finger]

good video, it's very good that he mentioned in the beginning that these countries are by no means role models since their gov is way too big. But he still clearly got the main point across, which is that its possible to decrease spending and dept