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Government Spending Videos

May Day Protesters Rally in London Against Cuts
May 01, 2012 | IBTimes.com

Money in your Pocket Minute: March Gov't spending 4-23-12
April 23, 2012 | WSYR ABC 9 Syracuse

Europe's Rescue Mechanism `Significant,' Says Moec
March 30, 2012 | Bloomberg

Government Spending Wikipedia Information

Government spending or government expenditure consists of government purchases, which can be financed by seigniorage, taxes, or government borrowing. It is considered to be one of the major components of gross domestic product.John Maynard Keynes was one of the first economists to advocate government deficit spending as part of a fiscal policy to cure an economic contraction...

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Dollars and sense: Why are some people morally against tax?
May 23, 2012
May 23, 2012 - As the U.S. presidential election campaigns heat up, the economic debate is dominated by bailouts, austerity and, inevitably, taxation. Now a new...

Swaziland: IMF walks away from the kingdom
May 18, 2012
Swaziland's financial crisis is putting a burden on health care and other social services. Photo: Kristy Siegfried/IRIN MBAB...

Cliff Schecter: Plutocracy Democracy
May 18, 2012
May 18, 2012 - Another week, another plutocrat steps into the spotlight in the pursuit of possessing their very own American politician. This time it was Joe...

Robert Reich: A Question of Timing: What America Can Learn from the Revolt in Europe
May 08, 2012
May 7, 2012 - Who's an economy for? Voters in France and Greece have made it clear it's not for the bond traders. Referring to his own electoral woes, Prime...

Jason Stanford | How To Talk To Republicans
May 01, 2012
May 1, 2012 - Doesn't it seem like Republicans are wrong about everything these days? The list of demonstrable malarkey that Republicans hold to be unalienable...

CEPR: GDP Growth Weak as Government Spending Continues to Fall
April 27, 2012
April 27, 2012 - Growth in Gross Domestic Product fell to 2.2 percent in the first quarter of 2012 after a increasing at a 3...

From around the web

Whore of the Worlds: How Tom Cruise's Couch- Jumping Changed Stardom Forever [ Anniversaries...
May 23, 2012 | Gawker
'' Tom Cruise like I've never seen him!'' is how Oprah Winfrey described it on May 23, 2005, at the top of an episode of her show that would go on to become its most memorable...

Mixed messages from budget hawks
May 21, 2012 | indystar.com
Congressional candidates who vow to cut government spending are fond of holding up the average household as an example of frugality. Considering the tonnage of taxpayer-funded...

Romney speech lacked needed context
May 18, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Cuts made in government spending will... Reducing government spending costs jobs in both the public and private sector. Rather than ignoring this reality, Romney should provide...

Romney will focus on federal deficit in his Des Moines visit today
May 15, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Aside from his usual economic themes, Romney will steer the conversation to government spending, said U.S. Rep. Steve King, who broke the news about Romney's visit during a...

Romney: Prairie fire of debt does not care if it's a donkey or elephant in your lawn
May 15, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
The event will start at 1: 30 p.m. Romney intends to steer the conversation toward government spending and debt.'' President Obama started his days in office with the...

(Live) Romney speaks in downtown Des Moines
May 15, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
The event will start at 1: 30 p.m. Romney intends to steer the conversation toward government spending and debt.' -- President Obama started his days in office with the...

Government Spending on twitter

	a deficit driven by declining tax revenues, not government spending: http://t.co/323LBafd Twitter: @arishthegeesh
	RT @ritholtz: 50 Years Of Government Spending . . . http://t.co/e2zElWzM $$ Twitter: @jmshea
	RT @LearnLiberty: History shows that cuts in government spending can accelerate economic growth: - http://t.co/B149qnbu Twitter: @AndrewPietrus
	History shows that cuts in government spending can accelerate economic growth: - http://t.co/peYs02JM” @h_rivera... http://t.co/dK35NF5O Twitter: @nicklow28
	History shows that cuts in government spending can accelerate economic growth: - http://t.co/pyqBA5Nb” @h_riverar @DIEGOMADRAZO Twitter: @Santiagoveb
	RT @mluckovichajc: 5/24 Mike Luckovich cartoon: Government spending http://t.co/yU7haje7 Twitter: @stephenksu

YouTube Videos

Government Spending Doesn't Create Jobs
September 07, 2011

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April 25, 2012

The Story of Spending
September 24, 2009

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