The most sense I’ve heard in a long time

February 21, 2009 by
Filed under: Politics 

Alan at Snarky Bytes being sensible about GM’s troubles:

Recessions are a necessary part of the economy. Like seasons and forest fires, they strip out the dead and useless and leave room for new growth. Recessions are not a crises to be managed and trying to avoid or mitigate them only make things worse. The ONLY thing that government spending can do to a recession is make it worse.

Amen!  The longer we try to forstall the inevitable, the more good money we will throw after bad.  A short, sharp pain now is much better then a long, drawn-out “bailout” that will ultimately end in failure.

Oh, and I’ve added Snarky Bytes to the blogroll.

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