The conservative position that all spending is evil obliterates any distinction between investment and consumption, between the long-term and the short-term. (Jacob Weisberg)

The conservative position that all spending is evil obliterates any distinction between investment and consumption, between the long-term and the short-term.

Jacob Weisberg

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