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Originally posted by onetime2
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.
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Why are you limiting your possible solutions to binary sets? Would it burst the collective intellect of America to roll back the current administrations tax cuts, cut corporate welfare AND control spending? Have someone standup, head of Treasury for example, and be a real hardass about looking more then a quarter or two down the line. A continual gadfly pissing in the soup of whatever party/individual is being the most fugg headed at the moment. The president could stay a step back (they always want to get re-elected) and say "That Bob/Judy/X, kinda crazy but makes some good sense...."
Simple answers are for simple problems.
2Wolves