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None. I'd like a balanced budget amendment with a plan to pay off the debt.
I also propose strict term limits on both Houses of Congress.
What departments and/or programs would you be willing to cut to go along with the monstrous tax increases I suppose you'd want.
There isn't a trillion dollar deficit anymore you know. I think it's around 825 billion currently and expected to go down further next year saying sequester stays intact, which it looks like it will.
The deficit is shrinking a LOT faster then any point since 1948. In fact oddly the ONLY time the deficit actually goes down is UNDER A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT!!! Reagan? Bush Sr? Bush Jr? All grew the deficit every year they were in office.
But of course we don't hear about this from Right wingers.
SHRINKING eh? Does the debt look like it's shrinking too?
U.S. National Debt Clock : Real Time
None. I'd like a balanced budget amendment with a plan to pay off the debt.
I also propose strict term limits on both Houses of Congress.
What departments and/or programs would you be willing to cut to go along with the monstrous tax increases I suppose you'd want.
There isn't a trillion dollar deficit anymore you know. I think it's around 825 billion currently and expected to go down further next year saying sequester stays intact, which it looks like it will.
The deficit is shrinking a LOT faster then any point since 1948. In fact oddly the ONLY time the deficit actually goes down is UNDER A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT!!! Reagan? Bush Sr? Bush Jr? All grew the deficit every year they were in office.
But of course we don't hear about this from Right wingers.
SHRINKING eh? Does the debt look like it's shrinking too?
U.S. National Debt Clock : Real Time
None. I'd like a balanced budget amendment with a plan to pay off the debt.
I also propose strict term limits on both Houses of Congress.
What departments and/or programs would you be willing to cut to go along with the monstrous tax increases I suppose you'd want.
Incrementally increase the retirement age for SS benefits, decrease military spending. Simplify the tax codes (lower rates and remove all deductions). Tax all capital gains as ordinary income.
My theory that leftists neither understand, care about, or think the debt affects them is being show clearly here. A simple number.....is that so hard to name? C'mon moonbats.....what is the LIMIT to the madness?
None. I'd like a balanced budget amendment with a plan to pay off the debt.
I also propose strict term limits on both Houses of Congress.
What departments and/or programs would you be willing to cut to go along with the monstrous tax increases I suppose you'd want.
DHS, TSA, DEA, ATF, bloated military budget, non humanitarian foreign aid, corporate welfare, paying farmers not to grow crops... That could save a buck or two.
From what I've seen, the debt is projected to go to around 125% of gnp, but then it should decrease as the boomers die off and the millenials, who are even more numerous than us boomers, enter the work force. But, I'm not a progressive, so maybe I'm not eligible to post. (-:
But, yeah, generally Boo is right. Additionally, whatever deal they do on the debt ceiling, a supermajority wants spending cuts, so the dems will have to comply or face the consequences in 14. Coburn says he has 250billion in identified waste, and there's easily 500bil. Each piece of waste can't be eliminated because you'd end up just ending stuff like SNAP or medicare, but there's no way to convince voters there's not 5% out there that can be cut ... but give the managers discretion where to cut.
Considering the National Debt is the work of Republicans and Democrats, I think the question should be changed to reflect reality.
Got a number, Slick?
No Political Group anywhere on Earth could turn a 825 billion dollar deficit into a surplus in one year, that's totally chaotic and destructive. The absolute best you could ask for is a shrinking deficit, which it is, and no increases, or limited increases, in spending, which is what's happening.
C'mon you gutless fucking troll....what's the NUMBER....simple enough question and one you'll run from like a scalded poodle.
Considering the National Debt is the work of Republicans and Democrats, I think the question should be changed to reflect reality.
Got a number, Slick?
Yep, show me the facts
C'mon you gutless fucking troll....what's the NUMBER....simple enough question and one you'll run from like a scalded poodle.
Internet tough guys get me all tingly. Because they're such manly men, you know. No, no, they're not compensating for anything, really they're not.
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The original post was a good one...poses a good question for discussion, but as usual has little hope of being legitimately addressed by the Board Bolsheviks.
The best you'll get is a dodge--change of topic like the one above; the worst you'll get is name calling like "nutter" and that's it. Certainly it won't be long before George Bush or Ronald Reagan gets blamed.
But, its a good try. We'll see what you get.
Now. This first response to the OP, is about regulation of Wall Street. That's a clear dodge of the OP, but it too is a legitimate question.
I am a Heartland Conservative and I think that Wall Street in New York City in the heart of Liberal Land is absolutely filled up with crooks who ought to be in jail....and it seems that the Board Bolshevicks actually agree. Perhaps everyone agrees. They nearly took down this country under Bush even though he tried to put a stop to the mortgage lending scam in 2006--and got shut down by Barney Frank and his Democratic controlled committee.
The person to prosecute the abuses and fraud from the meltdown was Obama and his bogus attorney general--- but they have done absolutely nothing BECAUSE IT IS WHERE A HUGE AMOUNT OF THEIR DONATIONS COME FROM.
Democrats blame Republicans for the Wall Street assholes and Republicans blame Democrats for them...but it looks like the fact is that both take their money and leave them conspicuously unprosecuted.
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So, this thread now has two legitimate questions:
1) What debt do you Bolsheviks believe that the U.S.A. can stand before it collapses like your last experiment in the Soviet Union, and
2) Who is most to blame for the Wall Streeters in Yankee Land collecting most of the wealth in this country, and if it is the Republicans, why? And why hasn't Obama/Holder done something about it after 5 years in control?
So does this post make you a Proletariat or Bourgeois?
Neither. Only the Socialists think in those terms...and even they won't admit they do today.
I am involved in what's left of Jefferson's Meritocracy.
No Political Group anywhere on Earth could turn a 825 billion dollar deficit into a surplus in one year, that's totally chaotic and destructive. The absolute best you could ask for is a shrinking deficit, which it is, and no increases, or limited increases, in spending, which is what's happening.
Oh there's a way to do it alright....but it would involve driiling every drop of OIL we can get our mitts on.....would you agree to try that?
