we hear about the united states for the united states gornment over the last four years has not growns as in the past government spending actually went down a little bit that w at the all-time high. john: now it is predicted a little more because of the sequester. >> can we run a deficit over $1 triion e easing could be pretty keynesian peace. john: but it is n enough. >> evidently. that ishat friedrich hayek made the pot* very well at it is a complex wor of what is going on at once but is easy to say would have been worse if we had not done it. it is hard to prove that then it a religion of both ses. >> something i fnd offensive is we talk about austerityn the richest nations of the world and the largest governments the world has ever seen that when you talk out cutting 3 percent is austerity. with the rest of the planet that means your kids and belly is crumbling because they are hungry and the culture of calling what we're doing austerity is propulve when you think about it in the broader scope of the global community and the people who really have to figure ut what they will do ne