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Marini -> RE: Slightly pissed off about budget cuts/taxes, you name it (2/17/2011 7:53:59 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: TheHeretic The hard way out of the debt mess we're in is rampant growth of the private, productive, tax paying, segment of the economy. The easy way is massive inflation. The boomers among us may want to adjust their IRA's accordingly. It's a bitch. The thing is Rich, what the fuck are they going to do with the money they do get? lol continue to throw it away, and spend it in ways many tax payers don't want it to be spent? This is not sounding very democratic to me.

joether -> RE: Slightly pissed off about budget cuts/taxes, you name it (2/17/2011 8:05:38 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: TheHeretic The hard way out of the debt mess we're in is rampant growth of the private, productive, tax paying, segment of the economy. The easy way is massive inflation. The boomers among us may want to adjust their IRA's accordingly. Wow, the easiest way out of of debt, is massive inflation, eh? Good job there Professor! Tell us, once we are out of debt through inflation (or even hyper-inflation), how do we deflate the dollar AND put confidence in the dollar back to were it is? Deflating the dollar once its at that level is complicated. But who will loan money to the USA after that stunt? If it was just that easy to do, Heretic. Don't you think we would have done that a few years ago? Please Mr. Nobel Prize winner in Economics, how much in debt should the United States normally have in debt, given the size of the country? And more importantly....WHY? Here's a hint: It isn't zero dollars. You want to get rid of debt. The easiest way is actually the wisest method right now: reduce spending, raise taxes, and apply the money generated from both towards the principle. It will not be wiped out immediately, and will take 8-12 years (assuming no Republicans lauch us in to another war based on false information).

SexyBossyBBW -> RE: Slightly pissed off about budget cuts/taxes, you name it (2/17/2011 9:42:19 PM)
Preach on sistah! I wish they would make an 100 questions questionnaire, polling at least 70% of the adult (loosely adult >16y.o. population), to get a feel for, what Americans really care about, and need in the US. M

DarkSteven -> RE: Slightly pissed off about budget cuts/taxes, you name it (2/18/2011 6:30:05 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: TheHeretic The hard way out of the debt mess we're in is rampant growth of the private, productive, tax paying, segment of the economy. Nope. You cannot fix an alcoholic's problem with easier access to booze. Overspending has become a habit. We need to learn to adjust spending, else any rise in tax receipts will just feed more overspending. The (very) hard way is to cut spending.

TheHeretic -> RE: Slightly pissed off about budget cuts/taxes, you name it (2/18/2011 6:37:11 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: joether Please Mr. Nobel Prize winner in Economics, Well aren't you just as cute as a bug there, Jo. Econ 101 and dumb sarcasm. It makes me want to pinch your chubby cheeks. Did you actually read me calling massive inflation the easy way out of our debt mess as a literal endorsement of such a scheme? That's just too precious for words. My reply was to Marini, and she understood it.

TheHeretic -> RE: Slightly pissed off about budget cuts/taxes, you name it (2/18/2011 6:58:38 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DarkSteven The (very) hard way is to cut spending. That keeps us from getting deeper into the hole, Steve, and needs to happen, but I'm looking at the debt we have already accumulated, and what portion of our future tax base will be needed to service that. We must acknowledge the reality of the entitlement programs and the boomers starting to climb aboard them. Realpolitik says we won't be going for deep, structural cuts there. These are bills we are stuck with. If I was looking at a household budget like this, it would be time for a night job delivering pizza, or something. Yes, we need to be smarter about how we spend our money, but we still need to get more money coming in.

servantforuse -> RE: Slightly pissed off about budget cuts/taxes, you name it (2/18/2011 7:56:36 AM)
BossyBBw, We don't need a 100 question poll. All you have to do is look at the election results of last November.

popeye1250 -> RE: Slightly pissed off about budget cuts/taxes, you name it (2/18/2011 9:57:36 AM)
Inflation? Anyone remember Jimmy Carter and 18-20% interest rates? Yeah, that worked out so well didn't it?

mnottertail -> RE: Slightly pissed off about budget cuts/taxes, you name it (2/18/2011 9:58:11 AM)
Or the reagan 18-20% interest rates.

pahunkboy -> RE: Slightly pissed off about budget cuts/taxes, you name it (2/18/2011 11:33:27 AM)
Even tho everything has gone up in price- we were not aware there is any inflation.

tazzygirl -> RE: Slightly pissed off about budget cuts/taxes, you name it (2/18/2011 10:36:36 PM)
Inflation, it seems, was hightest since 2000 in 2006 at 4.3, again in 2007 and 2008. It currently stands at 1.6 in Janurary this year.

SexyBossyBBW -> RE: Slightly pissed off about budget cuts/taxes, you name it (2/20/2011 12:37:05 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: servantforuse BossyBBw, We don't need a 100 question poll. All you have to do is look at the election results of last November. I don't believe the current success of the psychotic tea baggers, is a good answer for what ails us. The economy was and is bad, especially for the middle class, and the poor. While the tea party has had some success in fear mongering, with people in vulnerable states, I don't believe that if the information was broken down into simple questions, they would end up as united as they seem. I believe, that if the government puts forth a simple questionnaire, asking where the majority of concerns lie, and people did not rely on tv personalities to form their positions, we would have an altogether different electorate. M

marshalp -> RE: Slightly pissed off about budget cuts/taxes, you name it (2/21/2011 4:55:53 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: SexyBossyBBW I believe, that if the government puts forth a simple questionnaire, asking where the majority of concerns lie, and people did not rely on tv personalities to form their positions, we would have an altogether different electorate. M It would be very interesting to come up with a questionnaire like this... Any suggestions about the particular items in the questionnaire....

rulemylife -> RE: Slightly pissed off about budget cuts/taxes, you name it (2/21/2011 5:05:36 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: TheHeretic The hard way out of the debt mess we're in is rampant growth of the private, productive, tax paying, segment of the economy. So let me ask you something Richie. How is it that we got into this mess in the first place after we had years of Republicans promoting the same economic theory you just told us would solve everything?

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