Debt and taxes

0Ross • 1st Feb 2010 • Thinking • economics, government debt, politics, public finances, spending, Thinking, usa

Sometimes you read something that makes you challenge your opinions, in a positive way. Steve Landsburg’s piece on government spending vs government debt did that for me today. His argument: it’s not government debt that is problematic, but government spending.

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Debt and taxes

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