Quote:​This is just so sad its a shame.  The Federal government, over the term of this presidency, has borrowed nearly 10 trillion dollars.  10 trillion.  Sit here look me in my face and tell me that you see 10 trillion dollars worth of improvement.  Public sector unions get their money.  Special interests and big banks get their money.  Solyndra got their money.  Where were the Shovel ready jobs, where is the utopia? 

 

As a share of GDP we now spend more than CANADA through the various levels of government.  Raising taxes and forcing industry overseas is the answer?  How'd that work out for the working people of Detroit and Flynt?  Just saying...

 

Feelgoodism doesn't run a country. 

 

1.  So you don't like deficits?  What do you think of trump's policies that would increase them exponentially?

 

2.  Also, it's a tough thing to understand, so I guess I don't blame you too much...  But let me try to explain it to you.  If the rich are not paying taxes, not only do deficits increase.  But almost more importantly, the burden falls on the workers to try and sustain the services that are being provided to the society by the government.  Basically, the rich - those that reap the most fruit from the greatest country in the world are paying less into the society that gives them such great freedoms and opportunities, not to mention protects thier wealth.  It falls on us workers to make up for that lost tax revenue.  And when that cannot happen, deficits and austerity occurs.


I know it's complicated, and it doesn't fit on a bumper sticker, so it can be lost on people that just like slogans.  But if we're gonna talk about politics, sometimes you have to think a bit deeper than, "lock her up", or "solyndra"...  

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