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Originally posted by Superbelt
Whenever I see that kind of graph lurkette, I get so pissed off.
This nations biggest expenditure, is paying for our debt.
Conservatives, think of how much more money this country could one day give back to you, to put into your pocket and your childrens pockets permenantly if our government, like Clinton and the previous republican congress, just stressed a little fiscal discipline.
Our number one priority behind all the basics like defense, and infrastructure should be paying off our national debt. It is crushing us. You don't give "tax cuts" when you have something like that looming over you.
GW is steadily choking us out with his damned tax cuts. What will it take for you guys to get on board? Does our payment of interest alone have to outweight the entirety of the rest of our national budget for everyone to get serious about this? Because that day is going to happen if we don't reverse the course.
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First off, what makes you think you'd see any of that money back if we magically balanced the budget and paid off all debt?
Second, where do you think that money goes when the government is paying off debt? Got any bonds?
Third, I agree that we need fiscal responsibility. Why don't you call for more efficient use of the funds the federal government has rather than ask for more taxes to be paid by the population? While the masses buy into the "look who's spending what" finger pointing of our politicians they avoid having to make the tough decisions about cutting needless spending, fraud, and sloppy accounting.