# Growth down to 1.6%, economy chat ITT.

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**Created:** [September 1, 2010, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/growth-down-to-1-6-economy-chat-itt/254264 "2010-09-01T06:43:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/growth-down-to-1-6-economy-chat-itt/254264/57 "2010-09-02T20:25:55Z")

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> [@Letchworth Recap: BBQ Photos and more](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/letchworth-recap-bbq-photos-and-more/34774/28):
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> Wonder how many gov’t employees could have been supported by the bail out of the private sector.
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> The issue of spending is indeed in the gov’t but it’s not the spending on minute workers, it’s the general managent of organizations such as the useless energy agency, military and in general finance management.
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> I think a 16 year old high school girl has a better mind set about finance management after taking home ec. class then our government.
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> Our government is spending imaginary money based on credit much in the way of people using their credit cards to the limit and just making min payments on the balance. We keep spending money we don’t have, doesn’t matter on what.

One of the only logical posts in this thread. Thank you. :thumbup

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