But i think orthodox ideas about finance go deeper than just fatcats on Wall Street. The average man on the street now (and I imagine then) is always complaining about the gummint wasting his tax dollars (even if he doesn't pay much in the way of taxes) on durnfool schemes. As a politician, if include a line in your stump speech about the importance of balanceing the budget, you'll get cheers from pretty much any crowd. It just seems intuitively obvious to everyone. That's what Keynes was saying when he talked about the real problem being letting go of the old ideas.
Jim Baird
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