A "Buffett rule" that everyone would agree with....

[nat4900]

"I could end the deficit in five minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election".

Agree or disagree?

 

[owebo]

"I could end the deficit in five minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election".

Agree or disagree?

Do we have a paying for problem? Or a spending problem?

 

[occupied]

Disagree. It would encourage congress to balance the budget on the backs of the poor.

 

[owebo]

Disagree. It would encourage congress to balance the budget on the backs of the poor.

So, we have a paying for problem in your opinion?

 

[Anathema]

We have a massive spending issue.

The easiest way to fix it..... Remove every budget item which is not directly approved under Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution.

 

[occupied]

We have a massive spending issue.

The easiest way to fix it..... Remove every budget item which is not directly approved under Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution.

And then watch the country burn down.

 

[Anathema]

And then watch the country burn down.

Good. That's exactly what we need to rebuild it properly this,time.

 

[xyz]

Disagree, all the sitting members of Congress may not have been the cause, and not ALL of them in any case.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Perhaps Buffet and Berkshire should settle the tax issues they have and then comment on fiscal issues