Rick Santelli loses it Wednesday in response shocking report that the economy actually shrunk in the fourth quarter last year.
“We are now Europe,” he declared on CNBC’s Squawk Box.
“Hey Joe,” Santelli said, “when you act like Europe, you get growth rates like Europe, and our discussions with economists sounds like we’re in Europe. They have the same discussions constantly.”
“They’re always doing the right thing,” he continued. “They’re always thinking they know better. And this is the kind of growth. We have become Europe. We are now Europe.”
Steve Liesman pushed back, “We reduced federal spending, government spending by 15 percent. Which part of that’s not Europe don’t you get?” “And why do we need to reduce government spending?” asked Santelli.
“Because we run trillion dollar deficits for crying out loud.” Certain extenuating factors such as cuts in government spending led fellow CNBC host Steve Liesman to resist such a comparison, but the surprising drop in economic output certainly isn’t good news. Just take a look across the pond for proof.
Concerns of a triple-dip recession in the U.K. are ripe after the country’s economy announced a drop in GDP just days ago.
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