Debtor Nation
POSTED BY: dreamtrove
UPDATED: Sunday, July 21, 2024 21:36
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Originally posted by piratenews:
I have more money in my bank account than the US Govt has in its bank account.
You really don't. Think about it - anything you have in YOUR bank account, the U.S. government has in its bank account if it decides it really really wants or needs it.
You were saying...?
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Originally posted by Bytemite:
Eww, supercommittee.
Although, the spending cap could be a disincentive to go to war. Unfortunately, they'll probably cut social programs and infrastructure instead.
They never cut handouts to the rich. Notice how the balance of medicare spending has shifted steadily in favor of paying way to much for drugs we don't need like anti-psychotics for children.
Social security for millionaires keeps going up, my mom's keeps going down.
This sort of thing is why budgets for things that sound good are always down in the low millions and the bad stuff is always skirting a trillion. It's in the numbers, which are voted on by congress each year, and their votes are bought by rich people, who have more money.
Sorry, crossing threads here, but I thought this belonged over here.
The supercomittee it appears will actuallt have some absolute power: congress can vote down the budget it comes up with, but they cannot amend it or break it up. This means TPTB get to pick three members from each party/body to become "congress." So, we can elect 50 dem senators, and they can say "Harry Reid, Ben Nelson and Joe Lieberman are democrats. They rest are just pledges." for the house, my apocalyptic worst case dem selection would be something like baeney frank, nancy pelosi and Steny Hoyer. Republicans, dunno, boehner, ryan, cantor, And senate: mcconnell, kyl, demint.
I mean, y'all know the list is going to look something like this.
And yeah, they'll find ways to say "no more aid to the poor" like "if you have one govt. Service you can't get another." they've already done a couple of these to my mom: the cost of her medicare is taken out of social security, she no longer gets a cost of living increase, and also she has like a $500 deductable now, all of which are defined in some way to say "because you're poor, you will now get less. So, she gets $300 now, and i have wealthy relatives getting $2000 and full health coverage, because they're rich, and so clearly need more govt. Assistance.
That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.
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Damn, Mike, that's cool! Not the majority, tho', I'll wager.
DT, I agree with pretty much everything you said in your last post. We'll have to agree to disagree on the one before that.
Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off 
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IMF Begins Talks in Kyiv as Ukraine Seeks to Plug 2024 Budget Gap
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-07-16/imf-starts-talks
-in-kyiv-as-ukraine-seeks-to-plug-2024-budget-gap
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Fuck Ukraine.
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Trump will be fine.
He will also be your next President. 
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