Dear government. Please. Spend.

To hell with austerity programs. I want government to spend, spend and spend. To create jobs. To put everyone who wants to work back to work. That will help the economy. Because working people spend, spend, spend. The money invested in more jobs brings returns. More consumer spending. Don’t worry about deficit spending. The government prints money. And a little bit of inflation won’t hurt. Better than being jobless. Better than being in an eternal recession.  More economists are coming around to this sort of thinking. And I’m buying into it. Let’s give it a try. The old ways aren’t working. Let’s put new ways to the test. No more austerity. Dear government. Please. Spend. Spend. Spend. For the sake of the common good. –Jim Broede