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   Chillbilly said, 3 months ago

   It’s disingenuous to compare household finance with government finance. One is not simply a larger scale version of the other—they are supposed to complement one another to allow for the healthiest possible economy.
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   jimhargrave said, 3 months ago

   The US govt. attempts to control the economy have failed miserably many times. They need to just protect our rights and butt out. Nevermind, it’s too late, we’re so screwed…
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   Bruce4671 said, 3 months ago

   @Chillbilly

   On a basic level, economics is all the same. If you spend more than you make you accumulate debt. Accumulated debt gives someone else power over your actions. On the household level, it means loss of a home or reduced levels of goods. On a national level it IS different?
   
   Who is it that we owe? What demands are they making? What effect do those demands have on our future security or prosperity?
   
   Those are true concerns and not ones that have just come to light.
   
   But, ah, think what you do when you run in debt: you give another power over your liberty. – Benjamin Franklin
   
   So if we continue to add debt, what happens when the creditor decides enough and calls it due?
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   flake-67121 said, 3 months ago

   @Chillbilly

   it’s bulls#!t like this that keeps us so screwed up. Finance is arithmetic. It’s your bs trying to make it sound like some kind of “science” that allows you to fool people into voting for losers.
   THERE ARE NO CUTS.
   THERE HAVE NEVER BEEN ANY CUTS.
   SPENDING IS THE PROBLEM.
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   Ms. Ima said, 3 months ago

   O and his merry band of thieves don’t understand money. They are the ones who believe they can spend because they have checks.
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   onguard said, 3 months ago

   Obama has never cut/reduced and government program to save money or reduced the Debt.
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   DrCanuck said, 3 months ago

   @onguard

   ^ Obama cut $716 billion from Medicare. Romney said so, and so did Rush and Hannity.

   
   http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/oct/03/mitt-romney/romney-says-obama-cut-716-billion-medicare/
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   Tigger said, 3 months ago

   @Chillbilly

   So, you think you can spend your way out of debt?
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   Tigger said, 3 months ago

   @DrCanuck

   Proof Obama is a Dino. (Democrat in Name Only)

   Why do you care? What happens here does not affect you as you live in Canada.

   We are not dissing your PM or the way your Government operates
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    Tigger said, 3 months ago

    @DrCanuck

    This is due to the passage of his ACA Bill, now we know how he’s paying for the ACA, he robbed Peter (Medicare) to Pay Paul (ACA)
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    DrCanuck said, 3 months ago

    @Tigger

    That’s because you don’t know who our PM is or have a clue how our government operates.
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    onguard said, 3 months ago

    @DrCanuck

    He move it to Obama care…no cut no reduction
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