{"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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[26,7],"tags":[534,1363,490,1365],"class_list":["post-3567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-economy","category-politics","tag-2010-elections","tag-economy","tag-government-spending","tag-taxes","entry","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":1959,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/18\/figures-on-government-spending-and-debt\/","url_meta":{"origin":3567,"position":0},"title":"Figures on Government Spending and Debt","author":"Jeff","date":"April 18, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"FYI: Total public debt subject to limit April 16 11,125,587 Statutory debt limit 12,104,000 Total public debt outstanding April 16 11,183,899 Operating balance April 16 257,351 Interest fiscal year 2009 thru February 148,762 Interest same period 2008 198,518 Deficit fiscal year 2009 thru February 764,525 Deficit same period 2008 264,541\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Economy"","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/economy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1406,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/28\/wsj-you-wont-believe-whats-in-that-stimulus-bill\/","url_meta":{"origin":3567,"position":1},"title":"WSJ: You Won’t Believe What’s in That Stimulus Bill","author":"Jeff","date":"January 28, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Stimulus plan my ass: In selling the plan, President Obama has said this bill will make \"dramatic investments to revive our flagging economy.\" Well, you be the judge. 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