Bernanke: Restraining Explosive Growth of Government = Good for Economic Growth Today

Chairman Paul Ryan: "To summarize, you do believe that one of the best things we can do for short-term economic growth is to put out a plan that actually stabilizes our fiscal picture, that actually gets our liabilities under control, and shows with confidence that we have the right trajectory because we've addressed the programs -- which are spending programs -- that are getting us out of control. Is that the case?" Chairman Ben Bernanke: "That's correct." House Budget Committee hearing - "The State of the U.S. Economy" http://budget.house.gov/