Sal who has business experience believes he knows more that Professor Krugman about economic macro management?
Thank you Sal, but please really do the math! You are wrong. Leaving people untreated for illness and poverty costs much much more than dealing with the problem. It's like building a road and whether you pave it or leave it unpaved. By paving a road you reduce costs in the long run by the savings on the wear and tear on vehicles, faster travelling times and a host of secondary benefits.
Sal you would be right if spending were wasted on frivolous road paving. That's where you need to put your emphasis on fiscal responsibility. Make sure the roads you build and the assistance you give to those less fortunate is sound in a physical sense and the fiscal issues will take care of themselves with higher productivity and incomes to buy the products from your business.