iamct01 asked: Could you imagine a Republican having to tell a large corporations like Visa the they are going to loose a ton of profit due to Dave Ramsey stopping bad habits.
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What exactly is wrong with specific health insurance reform proposals?
karen star asked: Now, I know that some will say they cost too much and leave it there, so let’s just agree to disagree on that, since I’m firmly convinced that doing nothing will cost us all more. To avoid being told that I’m lazy and want handouts, let me make it explicit that I…
Is Obama using us (our tax dollars) to help make him a hero to the world?
Eyeswideopen asked: http://www.aim.org/aim-column/obamas-global-tax-proposal-up-for-senate-vote/ “Global Poverty Act” (S.2433) through his committee. The legislation would commit the U.S. to spending 0.7 percent of gross national product on foreign aid, which amounts to a phenomenal 13-year total of $845 billion over and above what the U.S. already spends.” ” The legislation itself requires the President “to develop and…
Do you think Obama will keep his promise of “no pork” by vetoing the spending bill being passed in Congress?
Michelle Obama asked: Republicans and taxpayer watchdogs are railing against the thousands of earmarks included in the omnibus spending bill that passed the House Thursday and is awaiting a vote in the Senate. Republicans and tax watchdog groups are railing against the thousands of earmarks included in the omnibus spending bill that the House passed…
Was trickle down economics really just a big Ponzi scheme?
tacotorch asked: What do we have to show after 3 out of the last 4 Presidents believing in trickle down? a huge national debt? lots of jobs outsourced? manufacturing gone? It certainly isn’t infastructure improvements or a balanced budget or any of the conservative ideas like the elimination of abortion, Bush 2 had the rubber…
Could the billions of dollars spend on campaign attack ads every election season be put to better use?
Lanani asked: They just irritate most viewers anyway, and appeal to the lowest common denominator. I feel insulted every time I see one. Couldn’t that money be spend on more pressing social issues or put toward the elimination of debt? (I know it’ll never happen) That should read “spent.”
Can you imagine politicians having this kind of discipline in modern times?
extremist asked: http://www.business.auburn.edu/~whittdo/THE%20ELIMINATION%20OF%20THE%20NATIONAL%20DEBT%20IN%201835.htm On January 1, 1835, the United States paid off entirely its longstanding public debt. For that year and the next the nation enjoyed debt-freedom, the only two years in its entire history when it held no obligation to creditors. For this reason the years 1835-1836 are unique and significant, but, oddly enough,…
Now are you convinced the Republican plan is the elimination of Social Security?
Moose asked: With the announcement of the deficit today the dots are connected. McSame: we cannot meet our financial obligations. Bush: the largest deficit ever contributing to an astronomical national debt. The answer: eliminate Social Security and Medicare.