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Originally Posted by Robbie
Minte you're wasting your time answering that question to Paul. I already did that and instead of accepting my answer on what I would do...he did exactly what he did to you just now.
He goes off on your answer with more questions all spawned from his fantasy world of "theories" about how things work.
It's just a never ending waste of time.
When it comes to politics...Paul appears to be one of those "doom and gloom" people who feel that it's all up to govt. to take care of us. We are simply helpless children.
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= I can't find an answer so will just flame.
You can try looking after yourself and good luck with your attempts. Got an island sorted out to go live on?
The truth is very different. we all rely on the Government in one way or another and way they get it wrong, we suffer. They got it wrong with regulating the banks and fucked the World's financial system. They fucked regulating the oil drilling in the Gulf and fucked the people living down there.
I don't expect the Government to look after me totally. I expect them to build a structure I can look after myself in. We rely on that structure a lot more than you think. Because apart from the actual money that goes overseas and never comes back. All Minte's cuts mean lost US jobs. This will mean more people needing the Government to look after them unless you want them to starve. It will mean less money being spent in the shops and more jobs lost there. Those who are losing jobs might be some of your members. So you will get a pay cut as well.
No Government goes $16 trillion into debt without making the people of that country believe they are far better off than they really are. Cutting that debt by cutting jobs will lead to ruin. Ask Greece.
The only answer is better spending and more taxes. Yes, go back to the tax levels of Clinton and repay the debt without massive job losses. Anyone who believes cutting taxes leads to more jobs, is kidding himself. If it were true the US would have a glut of jobs. It used to work like that in days before Disco Music.
Your answer was cut the military to the bone. China would love that. Or do you kid yourself they wouldn't fill the vacuum? Cut it back yes, make it more cost efficient, yes. It will cost jobs. Put the money into teaching and investing in the long term. Like a subsidy for US manufactured solar panels. So less reliance on carbon fuels for power.
Sales tax like VAT, so the end domestic user pays the tax. Would work great on Gas.
This is the future.
http://www.teslamotors.com And where Governments need to be concentrating.
http://www.thedailygreen.com/living-...funding-460609