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You are misconstruing what I wrote. I did not write anything about how much governments spend, I only said that governments cannot cop out by declaring bankruptcy, if someone does business with a local, state or national government they deserve payment in full and not be short changed by the government declaring bankruptcy.
Governments should not live beyond their means but putting the heads of that government for 10 years in jail is ridiculous. Who says that head is responsible for the bankruptcy? Or do you want to put every politician/official in jail who contributed to that bankruptcy?
Governments should live within their means, tax and spend is fine by me as long as there is a mandate by the voters to do so but only if the money spent and the taxes/income of the government are balanced or that the tax/income is higher than the money spent.
So when Govt really blows it badly, you say they should pay out anyway? Where specifically is the money supposed to come from?