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You've got a cartoonish view of Keynesianism. Where did you get it from?

I think he is talking about "Keynesians", who use Keynes as theoretical cover for their statist/elitist policies.

For example, Keynes advocated that governments spend the money that they HAVE (saved from budget surpluses when the times are good) to help the economy recover from a recession - and it is not a bad idea, per se.

The problem is that the US government has never had a surplus in recent history (save for one year 20 years ago).

Hence money printing.

This has never worked. The government was never able to control economic cycles, although they advertise as such.

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