If we are having a recession over a decline in govt spending, then the GDP wasn't real to begin with....

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If we are having a recession over a decline in govt spending, then the GDP wasn't real to begin with.

The US govt has a $2 trillion annual budget deficit.

That is basically $2 trillion of artificial GDP that is funded by more debt.

Removing $2 trillion of GDP is where the actual economy is.