Liberal Myth # 1 - DEBUNKED!

Government Spending is not high enough.  We need to implement progressive policies like we used to have to bring back balance into the economy.

As a % of GDP, total government spending as a % of GDP has been increasing steadily since WWII.  The problem isn't that we aren't spending ENOUGH money, but that we have set into place committments, especially under Johnson (see upward incline since late 60s) that are eating larger and larger portions of our economy.  Government Spending only slowed it's increase slightly during the 80s, but never actually declined significantly.