Mark [Steyn]: Is Keynes really “the newly fashionable economist”? That’s great news!

Interestingly, John Maynard Keynes would probably be aghast at how his theories have been used to support bigger government. Before his death, he stated that economic performance would be undermined if government spending exceeded 25 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Since the burden of government … is more than 30 percent in the United States (including state and local government spending), Keynes would probably be a vigorous advocate of smaller government today.

(From here, though you need to squint to read the text.)

So if the Obama people really are true Keynesians, we may get reductions in the size of government at last!