Does government work well?
Axis: effective and efficient ... wasteful / broken
John
| date |
change |
position |
video |
| 2010-04-30 |
new |
John holds that government debt is not inherently bad for rich nations, that deficits are not mainly caused by wasteful spending, and that the debt problem is not any one ideology's fault. |
The Greek Debt Crisis Explained in Four Minutes 00:00:33 |
| 2010-11-16 |
new |
John says politically popular programmes can't be cut because old people vote, and cutting Medicare would just shift the cost; the deficit can't be balanced by painless fixes. |
Hey! You! Fix the Budget! 00:01:28 |
| 2011-08-10 |
new |
John mocks Congress's near-default game of chicken and its talent for doing nothing, and says every show of political inability chips away at the world's faith in the US. |
Understanding America's Debt Problem 00:03:50 |
| 2012-10-23 |
new |
John argues deficits are not inherently evil, governments sometimes need them (as in recessions), and the large current debt is cheap and repayable, so deficit reduction matters but is not a crisis. |
Understanding the National Debt and Budget Deficit 00:03:13 |
| 2013-01-01 |
refine |
John says Congress was designed to be bad at getting things done but must cooperate enough to provide basics like roads, schools and telecom, which make everything else possible. |
Why Does Congress Suck? 00:03:13 |
| 2013-03-12 |
restate |
John calls the sequester inefficient, bureaucratic and everything people dislike about government: Congress answered a long-term fiscal problem with a short-term crisis it failed to solve. |
Understand the Sequester (Spoiler: It's Bananas.) 00:05:27 |
Hank