tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post300886270195698322..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: The Government's Fiscal IrresponsibilityAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-48055201639157301292009-02-10T22:45:00.000-07:002009-02-10T22:45:00.000-07:00Hi, Nice topic! I really appreciate it. Thanks for...Hi, <BR/><BR/>Nice topic! I really appreciate it. Thanks for posting and giving information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-10768340269352705482009-02-10T18:04:00.000-07:002009-02-10T18:04:00.000-07:00The trouble is we're all so used to paying someone...The trouble is we're all so used to paying someone else to make the risk go away (i.e. buying insurance) that when there's nobody to pay we assume there are no risks or that any unmanaged risks are someone else's responsibility. If only we could set up some kind of World Bank that would insure entire countries against things like this... oh, wait...<BR/><BR/>But seriously, I think we need a national change at the personal level to deal with any of these problems. Legislators are just doing at work what they learned at home. I'm betting it'll get a lot worse before it gets better, and I just hope it happens fast so that we can figure out where to go from there.piahwefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14301480369336177718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-29644941987058406992009-02-10T09:44:00.000-07:002009-02-10T09:44:00.000-07:00That's a problem with a Keynesian approach to the ...That's a problem with a Keynesian approach to the current financial situation. Running a huge deficit is supposed to stimulate the economy, but its ability to do so is limited since the government has already been running huge deficits for years. "Tax and spenders" maybe bad but "spend and spenders" are worse.Justus Hommeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02660099253980153951noreply@blogger.com