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marg6043
reply to post by XPLodER
You mean the economic scam most be perpetuated for the common good even if our nation keep sinking into debt oblivion. Right? I got it now. You know you can put a band aid on a wound for so long until the gaping hole causes death by untreated injury. Totally preventable but ignored.
Krazysh0t
reply to post by XPLodER
So because we are being duped further and further into debt, it is all good because it grows the economy? But we shouldn't fix this deception because it will break the economy? Armageddon is a pretty strong word for what would happen if the economy had a contraction, especially since you have no idea what will happen if it does. I do know one thing though, the economy that would grow out of the result of our economy crashing would be much stronger and healthier than the one we have now.
TKDRL
reply to post by XPLodER
Please tell me how having a "rich country" full of poor individuals is a good thing? Because that is the end result.....
AlienScience
To answer your question from the title...they are dangerous because they are stupid. Blunt, yes, but it is the truth. They don't understand economics, they think big numbers are bad and will attempt to burn the whole damn thing down due to their lack of knowledge.
Tea Party supporters are wealthier and more well-educated than the general public, and are no more or less afraid of falling into a lower socioeconomic class, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
pavil
reply to post by BobAthome
Don't make it sound like that was my quote.....attribute to the person that deserves credit.......AS
beezzer
reply to post by XPLodER
Thanks for the info. And while I may be a few fries short of a Happy Meal, I don't see how just a reduction in spending would ever hurt the delicate system. If anything, it would secure this scheme and protect against the potential for inflation.
Wrabbit2000
beezzer
reply to post by XPLodER
Thanks for the info. And while I may be a few fries short of a Happy Meal, I don't see how just a reduction in spending would ever hurt the delicate system. If anything, it would secure this scheme and protect against the potential for inflation.
I think the whole problem is how people have come to equate Government and the nation as one in the same. Our nation does require expansion. I forget what the number works out to, but xx number of additional jobs need to be created each month just to have a true 'break even' because of the nonstop flow of new people into the workforce from all sources.
What doesn't need to expand and needs to shrink before anything else CAN expand IS Government. When folks mentally divorce Government from Nation as interdependent to the point of suicide pact, we might get something accomplished, eh?
Wrabbit2000
What doesn't need to expand and needs to shrink before anything else CAN expand IS Government. When folks mentally divorce Government from Nation as interdependent to the point of suicide pact, we might get something accomplished, eh?
whyamIhere
reply to post by XPLodER
You might be right. I went to Public Schools.
I just see that debt clock spiraling completely out of control.
We are 17 trillion in debt. This is the best they can do?
I would submit that if we let children take over the Nation's finances.
They could get within 17 trillion. There is no excuse for this debt.