Governor`s Travels, by Gov. Angus King: on Budget & Economy


How are deficits suddenly cause for mass demonstrations?

Federal deficits have been with us for 50 years, through Democratic and Republican administrations; in fact, the only balanced budgets in living memory were at the end of the Clinton administration. So it's hard to understand how deficits are suddenly cause for mass demonstrations. And is a mandate to buy health insurance or cap carbon emissions really enough to justify talk of secession and "Second Amendment remedies"? No, something else is going on here whose outlines are not yet clear.
Source: Governor`s Travels, by Gov. Angus King, p. 48 Aug 16, 2011

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