Reply #5: The REAL Question.... [View All]

[Pliny The Younger]

....should be: Is the government REALLY any more than a fringe player on th economic scene? My answer is NO!! There is little the government can actually do to improve an ailing economy, although there are certainly things they can do to damage it. The economy is FAR bigger than the federal government, although I understand the need for politicians to take credit for economic growth, whether they've done anything to take credit for or not.

The two most obvious things the government can do is to keep interest rates low and to reduce the tax burden on the American citizen.