{"id":3567,"date":"2010-09-22T11:00:38","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=3567"},"modified":"2010-09-22T11:00:38","modified_gmt":"2010-09-22T15:00:38","slug":"its-the-spending-stupid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/22\/its-the-spending-stupid\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s the Spending, Stupid"},"content":{"rendered":"

If a picture really is worth a thousand words…\u00a0 Then this chart from the Heritage Foundation<\/a> says it all:<\/p>\n

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Click image for full size.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bottom line; we’re not under taxed… The government spends to much!<\/p>\n

H\/T: James Pethokoukis<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If a picture really is worth a thousand words…\u00a0 Then this chart from the Heritage Foundation says it all: Bottom line; we’re not under taxed… The government spends to much! H\/T: James Pethokoukis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26,7],"tags":[534,1363,490,1365],"class_list":{"0":"post-3567","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-economy","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-2010-elections","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-government-spending","11":"tag-taxes","12":"entry","13":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-Vx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3642,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/29\/ouch-third-quarter-gdp-just-2-0\/","url_meta":{"origin":3567,"position":0},"title":"Ouch: Third Quarter GDP Just 2.0%","author":"Jeff","date":"October 29, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"If Democrats were hoping for good news on the economy leading into Tuesday's elections they didn't get. 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