I can't figure out why you are spamming me with this boiler plate party line...as I said, I'm not the one you have to convince. The person you need to convince is the one struggling to meet their budget with gas over $5 a gallon and eggs at $6 a dozen, the person who has been told for decades that deficit spending causes inflation. Nothing you've written here will do that, in my opinion. Next you have to convince my fairly well off and longtime liberal friend, who wants to insure that kids and grandparents have enough to eat but is sure that too much deficit spending will cause an inflationary spiral which will eat up his retirement. He's perfectly willing to pay more taxes, which he is convinced is necessary to pay for the increases in social programs, he's not willing to see his nest egg reduced to junk status.