The
current federal deficit (spending > revenues) as a percentage of GDP is
slightly more than 10%. Now, what was
the growth rate of GDP last year, 2011?
Answer: ≈ 2%. Therefore, without
that deficit spending, the economy grew at a negative 8%. Why is no one with the exception Karl
Denninger at “Market-Ticker” discussing the negative impact of federal deficits
on the GDP in the long run? These
federal deficits are not sustainable going forward. Deficits have to be financed by issuing more
debt. There is
almost no historical precedent where debt paid by the addition of more and more
debt has been a successful operation. When this fact is recognized for what it is, the
economy will tank into that infamous “Great Depression” abyss. I know some of you are probably thinking that
the government will never allow that to happen, because the Federal Reserve
System is “omnipotence and omniscience.” Well, if you continue to believe that
Pollyannaism, I do question your economic sanity. And, when the managed economic chaos occurs,
I hope you remember that someone did forewarn you.
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