Tell Your Liberal Friends to Shut it Down

I had the great pleasure of spending time talking with Chris Edwards, Director of Tax Policy Studies, over the weekend at the Cato 200 Laguna Beach, CA retreat. In his talk he referenced downsizing government.org as a wonderful reference tool. And that it is. The charts are sick. Literally. You can pick and choose your favorites to show your liberal friends. It will help you get your point through their thick skulls.

Anyway, I checked it out yesterday. I wanted to see what was up with the department of Agriculture. You would think that with advances in technology by companies like John Deere making farming more efficient the same might be true for the Dept. of Ag. Right? That obviously hasn’t happened. Take a look at this Cato downsizinggovernment.org chart of federal spending by the Department of Agriculture from 1970-2013. The only way to save money in government is to shut it down.

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E.J. Smith is the Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998. E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH, where he completed course-work in Practical and Defensive Handgun, Conceal Carry Pistol, Shotguns, Precision Scope Rifle and Kidnapping Prevention. E.J. plays a Yamaha Recording Custom drum set with Zilldjian cymbals. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zilldjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris. Please get in touch with E.J. at ejsmith@youngresearch.com. Sign up here to receive all the best content from Richardcyoung.com each week.