Comments on: America, what’s gone wrong? I think it’s this http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2011/03/04/america-whats-gone-wrong-i-think-its-this/ Politics and policy from inside Washington Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:23:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: dk123 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2011/03/04/america-whats-gone-wrong-i-think-its-this/comment-page-1/#comment-10938 dk123 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:33:14 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/?p=5972#comment-10938 Add education spending and you do just about have the whole story of America's recent problems. Unproductive government-driven investment in health care, education, and housing is a black hole sucking up money that would otherwise be allocated according to its most productive use. This is the unintended consequence of government intervention played out on an economy-wide scale. The solution is a full retreat of government from these area. When we will we as nation realize that? Will it even be possible to fix the mess we've created when we do? Add education spending and you do just about have the whole story of America’s recent problems. Unproductive government-driven investment in health care, education, and housing is a black hole sucking up money that would otherwise be allocated according to its most productive use. This is the unintended consequence of government intervention played out on an economy-wide scale.

The solution is a full retreat of government from these area. When we will we as nation realize that? Will it even be possible to fix the mess we’ve created when we do?

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