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Originally Posted by Bill8
so whats the answer? - cut the giant unnecessary expense of military adventures and being the world's incompentent policemen.
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I personally do believe that we don't have any reason to be spending money to have troops stationed in over 80 countries around the world. So yeah, that would be a start.
I'm pretty sure that entitlement programs are going to have to be cut as well. The numbers just don't add up with more and more people retiring and the population aging.
I have no real hopes that I will ever see the TON of money I put into Social Security. I just don't see how I'll ever get that back in my old age.
I don't know what the answer is. The rich already pay most of the taxes in this country. And "rich" can be pretty subjective too. After what happened to the stock market and the housing market the last couple of years...a shitload of people who WERE rich on "paper", are now struggling.
Again, I don't see exactly how raising taxes in any way is going to help the economy recover and get the country back on it's feet. I'm also not sure if NOT raising them will "help". But it certainly won't hurt. Whereas raising taxes and taking more money away from business will definitely hurt it. How can it not?