In a recent column, penned on January 20th, Bob Barr writes on how the “constancy of government’s intrusion” is “unlikely to change”. Bob Barr was the Libertarian Party’s presidential candidate in 2008.
George W. Bush was president. The federal deficit was under $400 billion; and the national debt was “merely” a little over $9 trillion. Virtually no one outside of Alaska knew who Sarah Palin was. America’s Big Three auto makers were still, well, big. Lehman Brothers remained an American financial icon; and insurance behemoth AIG was riding high on the hog. Housing markets across the country were weak, but still appeared viable. And, the notion of smaller government was still paid lip-service support by the Republican Party.
Man, what a difference nine months can make. My last column for the AJC appeared April 2. At that time, which now seems so very long ago, the political and economic landscape facing us was hugely different than that which presents itself to us today.
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1 Prospective Advertiser // Jan 25, 2009 at 9:50 pm
I don’t think Barr should be allowed to comment on economic matters without his own character being established. Angelia O’Dell would like to be paid what she is owed. Many people are owed money by Bob Barr’s campaign which is among the sleaziest in LP history.
I suggest that he put his own economic house in order before he be regarded as a worthy critic of anyone else.
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