> Zero sum or not, the attitude you have about budget discussions is why we are about to print ourselves into a depression. I'll ignore (beyond pointing it out

> Zero sum or not, the attitude you have about budget discussions is why we are about to print ourselves into a depression. I'll ignore (beyond pointing it out here) that you are putting words into my mouth and conducting a personal attack. I did mostly want to draw contrast that government budget is unlike household and not zero sum. Whether we print ourselves into depression is unclear. Particularly since there are other levers and continues to be economic growth. I agree spending cannot be 100% for every need. > I have no problem evaluating it from the perspective of 'money is not infinite, and no specific agencies spending is so inherently special that it can not be discussed under the context of where potential waste or inefficient spending happened, and how it can be adjusted to avoid that in the future." I agree. Though saying we should not spend anything on X until we spend all on Y is not the same as saying we are spending too much X (in part given that we need to spend on Y)