Great editorial from Betsy McCaughey in today’s opinion section. She is the Chairman of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths. Lots of good points but the best one is this: 40%. In fiscal 2009 total government spending (fed, state and local) exceeded 40% of GDP. It is the first time that has happened since WWII. You can’t get economic growth if government is confiscating that much of the economy’s production. “Americans don’t want to solve every social problem at the expense of their freedom to choose how to spend their own money.”