This idea does underpin the concept of democracy and dates again at the least to the first century B.C.E. Whether it is just and truthful, the government has the facility to compel people to do what it says as a result of it has police powers and prisons to again up its demands. Government spending does not "take cash out of the financial system." In fact it places money into the economic system, creates jobs and lays the foundation for future prosperity. That might be anything from attracting ...