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Originally Posted by DarkCircus
The problem with politics, is that it's full of politicians, most of whom benefit from the upside down economics that the country is currently experiencing. The debt we incur for the war in Iraq goes to contractors and inevitably stock holders. They don't set that money on fire in a field, it goes to businesses, who profit from it while the rest of the country suffers.
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Would have to agree DC - much of the steady growing debt problem (even forgetting Iraq) has been going on for a long time and literally nothing has been enacted to counter rising debt and related issues. To put it another way, - USA Inc is little different from a corp. Would you sit on the board of "USA Inc" and let this scenario continue unfold before your eyes and do nothing?
The lack of performance from the "board" has been just amazing and totally ineffective. If it was a real corp - the board would be kicked out on to the street and the corp liquidated.
It's fairly easy to see why the "board" is ineffective - they are spending a long time pandering to other interests and also sticking their heads in sand trying to avoid causing ripples which may reduce their "popularity" further.
Not suggesting this should happen and very simplified examples, but - you want to kill oil imports? Impose a 30% immediate tax on gas sales. You want to kill Eastern imports? Levy import duties. You want to encourage US industry develop? Use a portion of the taxes and levies as grants/aid to new and innovative enterprises. You want to work towards economic improvement of the nation as a whole? Pass a law banning all lobby groups with commercial interests - unless you ask for their opinion (also saves time listening to them
) Want to start cutting healthcare costs? Take the law off the books where pharma corps don't have to be competitive on pricing. The list is endless....
Will any group of politicians do what is basic economic sense? Nope. They all have their own petty in-fighting and other agendas for a cut of that pork.
Only my
- govt is better run without politicians and have them replaced with business people who have non-conflicting interests - and that's their full time job, no sidekicks, no "benefits", - just a promise of hard work and a challenge
