![]() Based on how politicians across parties have railed against the deficit, it’s understandable why anyone would get enraged when thinking about our government behaving imprudently. Whether the policy debate is health care, infrastructure, education, or climate change, the same question inevitably arises: But how are you going to pay for it? This bumper sticker captured a real frustration and anxiety that exists over our nation’s fiscal affairs, particularly with the size of the federal deficit. Like the driver with this bumper sticker, many people have come to believe that our government is flat broke and that its budget is unable to tackle the most important issues of our time. ![]() He wore red-and-white striped pants, a dark-blue jacket, and a top hat adorned with stars. ![]() It featured a man, standing slightly hunched, with his pants pockets turned inside out. I remember when I saw a bumper sticker on the back of a Mercedes SUV in 2008 while I made my one-hour commute from Lawrence, Kansas, to my job teaching economics at the University of Missouri in Kansas City. ![]() It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. ![]() It ain’t what you know that gets you into trouble. ![]()
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