tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post6877995811725935768..comments2024-02-02T05:45:33.724-06:00Comments on Incoming: John Phippshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245790061133614986noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-36673835284129503332008-07-14T11:21:00.000-06:002008-07-14T11:21:00.000-06:00VA:I too would welcome smaller government, but fin...VA:<BR/><BR/>I too would welcome smaller government, but find zero evidence it would happen with McCain. Given that, and along with many economists I respect, the next least-worst thing is to work to redistribute income (and decrease the deficit), something we already do to decrease growing inequity. Besides we already do it (progressive taxes, etc.) and have done for a century without slipping to confiscatory levels. Every policy is not a tip of an iceberg.<BR/><BR/>The political right has squandered its credibility on government spending. It's back to simply carping about how bad everyone else is. <BR/><BR/>We have to deal with reality here.John Phippshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03245790061133614986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-79215113743008715102008-07-14T10:59:00.000-06:002008-07-14T10:59:00.000-06:00Ugh! John! As somone who has seen government up c...Ugh! John! As somone who has seen government up close from the inside I can assure you that we don't want a bigger government, e.g. healthcare with the efficiency of TSA or even the USDA! A bigger government with wealth redistribution as its priority is a pretty scarey thing... shades of Robert Mugabe!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com