tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post9083479268850533056..comments2024-03-28T00:18:25.641-07:00Comments on Calafia Beach Pundit: The growth of governmentScott Grannishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-64685465633871587382010-03-24T17:36:14.644-07:002010-03-24T17:36:14.644-07:00Scott, because you cannot imagine limits to growth...Scott, because you cannot imagine limits to growth doesn't mean they do not exist. There is a large body of evidence, quite apart from the obvious logical evidence, that fossil fuels are reaching, or have reached the peak in gross production or the resource, particularly crude oil. As information improves reserves estimates of the past are being revised downward. A decline in energy resourcesDouglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17167327283573273716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-39363915181014993962010-03-23T17:04:32.620-07:002010-03-23T17:04:32.620-07:00Limits to growth? I can't imagine any right no...Limits to growth? I can't imagine any right now. One big reason for that is that global population is only a few decades away from peaking, after which it is likely to decline. 50 years from now most industrialized countries are going to be shrinking, and that will pose all sorts of problems that no one has ever thought of. I daresay that Julian Simon would agree with me.Scott Grannishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-71169845195012989772010-03-23T12:35:58.863-07:002010-03-23T12:35:58.863-07:00Much of the computer expansion, and most certainly...Much of the computer expansion, and most certainly the Intertubes, despite Al Gore, owe a great deal to Government funded research.<br /><br />There is something called the Revenge of the Good Fairy. People that want to shrink The Government to the point Grover Norquist wants it should beware... someday they might get what they ask for and then they'll have to live with the consequences.<br /Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17167327283573273716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-74661261337041136162010-03-20T09:02:59.724-07:002010-03-20T09:02:59.724-07:00"Now there is an amendment that the Red State..."Now there is an amendment that the Red State Socialist Empire will never let become law."<br /><br />Says Benji who voted for an actual Socialist.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00842065702455026249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-91356280036815196812010-03-20T09:00:01.498-07:002010-03-20T09:00:01.498-07:00Therapist: good point. I suppose I'm rather ho...Therapist: good point. I suppose I'm rather hoping that Obama wakes up and rescues himself by behaving more like Clinton (a very smart politician). But even if he doesn't, he is quickly becoming a lame duck.Scott Grannishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-83849202661154934652010-03-20T08:37:09.968-07:002010-03-20T08:37:09.968-07:00Mr. Grannis:
“Note that just over 100 years ago, ...Mr. Grannis:<br /><br />“Note that just over 100 years ago, government represented only 8% of the economy, and now it has reached just over 40%.”<br /><br />This is an excellent point. <br /><br />An extension of that thought is looking at the economy as 100% private until “government” comes into existence. Government can be large or small and points along the curve. Regardless of government sizeW.E. Heasleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00368333904571061995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-2181000647654352302010-03-20T06:55:28.205-07:002010-03-20T06:55:28.205-07:00Re: Obama Approval Rating Lows..... As a fellow co...Re: Obama Approval Rating Lows..... As a fellow contrarian I would not go short Obama Inc. at these levels, moreover, o ye silly pundits. There's no bull like a burnt bear. We shall see....The Therapist Is Inhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07340602598063284934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-89691860757133010352010-03-20T06:15:58.379-07:002010-03-20T06:15:58.379-07:00Scott,
The problem with the 40% number is it fail...Scott,<br /><br />The problem with the 40% number is it fails to account for much of health care where private workers get paid by government checks such as medicare and medicaid. If you include the health care spend from the over 20,000,000 government workers' health insurance and we get to well over 50% of GDP.<br /><br />Right now there are approximately 45-50 million highly paid alstryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16025398896639165994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-67107408691586494082010-03-19T21:13:56.920-07:002010-03-19T21:13:56.920-07:00I think we should limit federal outlays to some pe...I think we should limit federal outlays to some percentage of GDP, perhaps 16 percent--then we can fight over how to allocate that 16 percent. <br /><br />Right now, every Senator and Congressman has an incentive to spend heavily in their own districts, and cut taxes. The cumulative effect of such sentiments is, of course, deficits.<br /><br />I also support an amendment that each state receive Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-47144790079842164252010-03-19T20:40:37.187-07:002010-03-19T20:40:37.187-07:00Excellent sentiments. Thank you for the eloquence....Excellent sentiments. Thank you for the eloquence.Redbudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11129324296307875764noreply@blogger.com