FredHayek wrote: Please explain what other puzzle pieces you have to make one trillion dollars a year. Wealth tax? 100% confiscation of people's estates? Seizing private businesses and farms to fund your healthcare plan? People lost trillions in wealth during the Obama recession and you still think we can afford a cadillac healthcare system by billing taxpayers.
None of the above Fred..... I have heard that the wealthy have done very well during this recession
archer wrote: You heard? Is that different than some people say? I guess that doesn't require a source either.
Criticism comes back to bite at times.
Exactly....I used that phase precisely to show the conservatives how stupid it is to present opinions as "I heard.....", if it is your opinion, or you made it up, own up to it. I guess that passed right over your head Heisenberg in your rush to find another gotcha.
archer wrote: Fred, you just don't seem to be able to wrap your mind around how to balance a budget or reduce debt. Think of it like a family.....first, you look for more income, perhaps a second job......then you look for ways to cut expenses, now you can't cut expenses in just one area, say food.....you would go hungry. So you cut expenses in many areas......food, utilities, consumer products, keep the old car longer, cut back on vacations, etc.....where ever you can. Our government needs to do the same.....increase revenue and cut expenses....across the board, not with a hatchet, but surgically. It can be done if you aren't hell bent on punishing one party, or one demographic. The word is balance....learn about it Fred.
No, actually that isn't right. First you cut expenses, to see if you can live within your means. If your current income, after cutting waste, is unable to fund what you need, then you get an additional job or 2. Adding more income comes with negative impacts as well. Less family time, maybe higher vehicle costs, more clothing costs, etc. More income isn't as straight forward as cutting spending.
Everyone should budget. If you are even close to spending more than you make, you should spend every $$ on paper first, then in reality. If the govt. did this we would be fine now.
Bad economic advice for a family......of a family were as deeply in debt as our nation is, simply cutting expenses to balance their budget and maybe a little of the debt isn't sufficient. Debt comes with high costs and paying it down as quickly as possible should be the goal. As for government, it really doesn't have to worry about family time now does it. The sooner we get a handle on our debt and deficit the better off we will be.
FredHayek wrote: Please explain what other puzzle pieces you have to make one trillion dollars a year. Wealth tax? 100% confiscation of people's estates? Seizing private businesses and farms to fund your healthcare plan? People lost trillions in wealth during the Obama recession and you still think we can afford a cadillac healthcare system by billing taxpayers.
None of the above Fred..... I have heard that the wealthy have done very well during this recession
archer wrote: You heard? Is that different than some people say? I guess that doesn't require a source either.
Criticism comes back to bite at times.
Exactly....I used that phase precisely to show the conservatives how stupid it is to present opinions as "I heard.....", if it is your opinion, or you made it up, own up to it. I guess that passed right over your head Heisenberg in your rush to find another gotcha.
Am I suppose to be able to read your mind now and know what you may have said in another post I never saw? Nothing in the post I quoted told me you were using "I have heard" sarcastically. Bottom line is that these petty little jabs about sources and non-topic related crap is getting old. We bitch about how congress fights like children then we do the same here. I call a truce if you are willing.
The left is angry because they are now being judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.
Heisenberg wrote: Bottom line is that these petty little jabs about sources and non-topic related crap is getting old. We bitch about how congress fights like children then we do the same here. I call a truce if you are willing.
If you stop jumping on every post I make with a gotcha, snide remark, sure, I will stop also.
