(05-25-2025, 07:43 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(05-25-2025, 07:11 PM)Jag149 Wrote: The real issue is in the past the government has relied heavily on people with no practical experience. Sure they have PHD's, but that only means they are smart and know how to study and regurgitate. It does not mean they have actually ever accomplished anything productive. Whoever bought a widget? Many of the theories they come up with will not work in "real" life. Their solution is to attempt to modify real life so their theories will can possibly work. Just look at Bernie, AOC and Kamela, none have ever had a job in the real world. They are all school then government work then elected office. While they may have good intentions (up to you to decide that) they just are not qualified and easily sold on stupid ideas of PHD's and the prey of more nefarious individuals.

If you look at the DOGE structure sure there are a bunch of young'uns doing grunt work but the "task forces are each directed by accomplished business people who have all run successful businesses and took time off to help.  They are just going through doing what they do every day in their business. There is no secret sauce guys. In real life these guys get votes from customers in the form of contracts and business. If they ran it like we have been running the government the last decade or so (after Clinton) they would be bankrupt or in jail from SEC violations.

This is how I know you're old: two and a half decades have passed since Clinton was in office.

But you're right. Deficit spending is the right and proper thing in a crisis, but you're supposed to go back to balance or surplus when things are good again.  The Bush 43 Tax cuts took things out of balance and the Trump tax cuts have made matters worse.  The Laffer curve theory is valid, and maybe the Bush tax cuts still had us somewhere around the peak, but the Trump tax cuts certainly did not.

LOL, that is BS. That is ok as we have to use growth, tariffs and reduction of costly over regulation as well as the tax cuts this time dur to the enormity of the deficit The CBO PHD'd (which will not release their calculations) projected doom, gloom and a reduction in tax revenues before the Trump cuts. In actuality tax revenues went up. Actually there is plenty of tax money after the proposed tax cuts to balance the budget and pay down debt in time. IF the government would eliminate waste/fraud, only provide services currently agreed to. OH and also quit stealing the money. The government is not suppose to be a charity.

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