Originally posted by @kmax87
The role of the central bank is to regulate the flow of currency in the market. At any given moment in time the money in circulation is not enough to cover the debt that accrues by creating it.
Lowering taxes is not the same as decreasing the supply of new money into the system. Lowering taxes simply decreases government revenue to meet its debt interest ...[text shortened]... no doubt the little lemmings will still think this is a great idea!...
....And Jesus wept.
So where did all the stimulus go that Obama spent?
I dare you to show me a chart.
Answer: you have no freaking idea where all the money went, and that is by design. Nor could you prove that if you did know where the money went, that it benefited the economy in any substantial way
There are all kinds of examples where the government has directed funds to "create wealth" that never pan out. As I recall, Obama made some predictions as to how the stimulus would effect the economy and he gave specific numbers, which never came about.
At the end of the day, people like you just shrug their shoulders and say how much worse it would have been without the stimulus with virtually nothing to back us such claims.
Moreover, who made people like you the money police? What if someone wants to actually save money, God forbid, instead of spending it on what you think they should? Are we a free people or not?