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| 07 Dec 2012 06:24 PM |
The government borrows money from other countries in excess and then when the U.S. decides it's time to pay up, they borrow some more money pay off other debts. That honestly doesn't help them in the slightest.
It's just as stupid as using another credit card to pay off what you owe for using another credit card.
Isn't there anything else they could do to pay off their debts? |
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| 07 Dec 2012 08:58 PM |
| You can easily get a surplus by cutting spending. |
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| 07 Dec 2012 09:00 PM |
>Reform Tax Code
>Reform Entitlements
>Cut stupid spending to idiotic stuff like dirt research.
>Increase taxes on top 2%
>Close loopholes and deductions
There. Now you have atleast a 500 billion dollar surplus. |
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| 07 Dec 2012 09:00 PM |
You can easily get a surplus by cutting military spending and raising taxes on the rich.
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| 07 Dec 2012 09:01 PM |
You can easily get a surplus by cutting military spending and raising taxes on the rich. ---------------------------- Cutting military spending would only make sense if we develop new technologies that will keep the military at the same strength while costing less. |
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| 07 Dec 2012 09:01 PM |
| Except that military is only 5% of the budget, and one of America's greatest assets. |
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| 07 Dec 2012 09:02 PM |
>Cut stupid spending to idiotic stuff like dirt research.
"Dirt" Research is not idiotic, idiot. Cutting science spending is a crime against humanity.
I mean for goodness sake, how are you supported to do archaeology, or measure the contents of the soil to know where to produce good crops and what causes some dirts to be better then others. |
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| 07 Dec 2012 09:02 PM |
"Dirt" Research is not idiotic, idiot. Cutting science spending is a crime against humanity. ---------------------------- WOW SO MUCH IMPORTANCE IN DIRT.
I mean for goodness sake, how are you supported to do archaeology, or measure the contents of the soil to know where to produce good crops and what causes some dirts to be better then others. ---------------------------- We already understand what dirt does. |
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| 07 Dec 2012 09:03 PM |
| @Sasuke Malta provides galactic defense to all it's commonwealth, there is no need for a "military budget". |
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| 07 Dec 2012 09:03 PM |
| Most the of US budget goes to Social Security. It needs to be reformed. |
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| 07 Dec 2012 09:03 PM |
Declare war on all countries that US owes money to.
Problem solved. |
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| 07 Dec 2012 09:04 PM |
5% of the GDP, idiot, and GDP is not the budget.
It's 20% of Budget is PURELY military spending, while discretionary spending makes up about 19% of the budget, the military uses 58% of it on average, so the military is more like 30% of the budget. |
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| 07 Dec 2012 09:05 PM |
It's 20% of Budget is PURELY military spending, while discretionary spending makes up about 19% of the budget, the military uses 58% of it on average, so the military is more like 30% of the budget. ------------------------------------------------- The US government spends 700% of its budget on military. I can fudge numbers too! |
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| 07 Dec 2012 09:05 PM |
LOL cut spending on the military while all this stuff between Palestine and Israel is going on
good idea |
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| 07 Dec 2012 09:06 PM |
Gdp, sorry
Thanks for pointing it out.
And what of the 95% of the gdp? |
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| 07 Dec 2012 09:07 PM |
| @Chocolate According to the constitution our job isn't to be a world police and waste tax dollars on something that won't affect us at home. |
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| 07 Dec 2012 09:07 PM |
Well increasing deployment of drones and submarines while decreasing number of bombers and destroyers would be smart. Precision strikes are better anyway. And submarines are better escorts for a supercarrier fleet because they can be deployed above and under water.
And drones and nuclear subs cost substantially less than bombers and destroyers. |
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| 07 Dec 2012 09:07 PM |
Read this:
I mean for goodness sake, how are you supported to do Astronomy, or research the stars in space to know how planets are formed and what causes some Planets to be more fit for life to then others. ---------------------------- We already understand what space does. ------------------------------------------- That would be a stupid answer right?
BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT ANYTHING IT IS NEVER A MISTAKE THE LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM!
Particularly about what PRODUCES THE FOOD THAT FEEDS THE NATION!
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| 07 Dec 2012 09:09 PM |
>LOL cut spending on the military while all this stuff between Palestine and Israel is going on
good idea
Usa does not need to spending 50% of the world's defense budget alone idiot.
Not even effing Rome did that and it lasted 2 thousand years. |
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| 07 Dec 2012 09:10 PM |
, cutting their first line of defence when there are multiple nations/people who wish to destroy the US is stupid, especially when there are tensions erupting in the middle east (as usual).
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