If we taxed politicians for every lie they tell us, how long till the national debt disappears?
914102
Lol, I can see them debating it on the House floor now, saying what a great idea it is and then voting against it.
649364
Lordy, i would be one of those people who has filed bancruptcy multiple times? I swear what is wrong with the government, if i was in office i would do my best to reduce the defecit. No more fancy schmancy parties and $3k toilet seats, please. And if some company or celebrity wanted to give me a gift it would go directly to reducing national debt. Politicians are only in it for the lifestyle
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no not at all.  First of all national deficit is the sum of all deficits including your credit card and national spending.  Secondly national income is the income that comes in not only from tax, tariffs, savings, etc but also from buying and selling of goods abroad in the name of the US government.  \n\nI could go on and on but the key here is that national income is not easy to calculate.  There are hidden / undisclosed accountants that are not publicized and despite what people say, it is still a part of the national income.   When you add all that up, the income is actually a debt. LOL and you owe the government thousands of dollars.   \n\nSorry for the complicated and bad news. LOL
186203
The debt is ours we have to pay for it with the tax base, taxes collected. Our Great Pres BUSH has trashed the USA. We owe out more then ever in history
330732
It still doesn't clear your debt.  They might not choose to collect it, but taxes generally can't be wiped out, along with educational loans.  Also since it's a "state" that is the person you owe money to generally it can't be wiped out since the federal government can't control the state except for those areas the US Consitution says it can.
527130
Depends on if you're currently unemployed, like most of my family, due to the bills he has signed and the fact that each American owns over $30,000 each of the nation's debt.
1043739
This is how the "tax and spend liberal" phrase was born. Republicans "borrow and spend". Then a democrat takes over and is left with the bills. So they need to raise taxes. Happened after Reagan/Bush Sr and it'll happen again after Bush Jr. Since Bush Jr has taken office, the debt ceiling has been raised 5 times in 5 years. Why can't these people work within their budget like most Americas do? \n \nBack 30 years ago, Republicans were the party of fiscal responsibility. Now it's the Democrats. You should be concerned. This debt is no just going to vanish. The Republican tax cuts, which few average Americans saw, are a large contributor to this debt. So, in effect, most Americans will be forced to pay more taxes in the future to pay for these tax cuts, now.\n\n\n\nFor an interesting graph, check my link:\n77-80 democrat - steady debt\n80-92 republican - rising debt\n92-99 democrat - declining debt
101188
It is a liberal conspiracy to tax you until you cannot support yourself any more. Then you would have to depend on the government for support, and then they will declare victory.
202142
Eliminate corruption and politicians. Put taxes to legitimate use.  It's a simple formula but i think it will work.
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This is sooo simple it's pitiful we've allowed ourselves to be duped for so many years.\n\nThe richest 1% of Americans own over 50% of the wealth. That's 3 million Americans in a country of 300 million that could pay higher taxes. If you then cut military spending, it could lower taxes for the rest of us. \n\nWarren Buffet recently gave $40 billion of his wealth away to charity because he believes that those who profit in a society should give back to that society. Some conservatives, led by ditto-heads, believe in the fantasy notion they are self-made millionaires. If Bill Gates lived on an island, who exactly would he sell his software too, hmmm?\n\nTAX CUTS FOR THE ULTRA-RUCH SHOULD NOT BE PERMANENT! They should be repealed by the majority of non-rich Americans. It's fiscal irresponsibility and socially immoral to allow them to continue.
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Um, as the democraps and repukelicans are mirror images, then your answer is neither.  The truth will come out, in 40 years through declassified USG documents...just like Operation Northwoods, MKULTRA, Condor, Project Mockingbird, so on and so on.  If you have not figured out that politics is just a link in the chain of distraction the USG uses to shackle the majority working class and poor, then you, my friend, prefer to be part of the problem.  Research the Strategy of Confusion, and the complacency and compliance of the political parties, then come back here and rethink your position.\n\nThe truth will only come out after the players hace been long dead and gone...cuz we can't prosecute a corpse...wink wink
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Not for long - the increased taxes would quickly slow the economy down and you'd either have to keep increasing taxes (screwing the economy), or cut the tax (defeating the purpose).
605898
I disagree. There are a couple of guarantees. \n1. we guaranteed to pay taxes, one way or an other\n2. we are ALL guaranteed to die one day.
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we havent seen a surplus since 1830s. the 'surplus' during clinton was a hoax. he bailed out mexico by having greenspan print up $3.8 billion bounced it off the roof of the treasury into chase manhatten. then bush bought us all off with it at the beginning of his 1st term. right ow the debt is $8,363,454,225,996.54 The estimated population of the United States is 298,676,548 so each citizen's share of this debt is $28,001.71. The National Debt has continued to increase an average of $1.95 billion per day since September 30, 2005! Concerned? Then tell Congress and the White House! http://www.eff.org/congress/
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Ok so 1. Our debt is actually mostly to ourselves not other countries although some foreign investors hold U.S. government bonds and such.\n\n2. Bill Clinton did NOT erase the national debt. That is an impossible task for 1 President to do considering the debt is now something like 8 trillion dollars...I'm not sure of teh exact number. What Clinton did was erase the national deficit for a couple of years. A deficit is the debt for 1 year...the national debt is the accumulation of that. \n\nNow that that's clear...yes more money should be going to pay the national debt. But really, first, we need a balanced budget so that we can stop increasing the debt. And then whatever surplus there is should go towards paying off the national debt instead of tax cuts. not that I'm against tax cuts or anything.
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If politicians were held accountable for their lies, then Washington would be a ghost town
93317
Ahh to have the Urban legend of Bill Clinton, how nice it must have been to live in a world of surplus money that he was supposed to have.  There has never been surplus money in this country.  The National Debt grew to over $5 trillion under his leadership.  It past a trillion dollars for the first time in our Nations History under Reagan and some almost 20 years later when Bill Clinton left office we had a debt of $5,650,000,000.00 or about double what it was when he took office.  And it will double again under Bush, and again under the next president unless we start doing something about it.  I have heard so much about all the surpluses under Clinton, but I have done my homework and there never were any.  You see the American People believe that by reducing the deficit we are reducing the debt.  The answer to that is NO! When we reduce the deficit we reduce the amount our debt grows for that year and that is all we are still spending more money than we are taking in.  John Kerry also believed that Clinton left surpluses of money in fact the amount he quoted during the 2004 campaign was the amount of actual debt that was left at the end of the Clinton administration,(Kerry quoted a $5.65 Trillion surplus at the end of the Clinton Presidency, we were in Debt that amount, maybe that is why he lost).  The only time in the history of our country that there was no National Debt was under Andrew Jackson(1833-41), the last time we had brought in more than we spent and brought it down was over 50 years ago Under President Harry S. Truman who will be my choice for the greatest American President, not only did he have that one year,(and it was the only year since Jackson was President), but he stands alone in History as having been the only man to order the use of Nuclear Weapons against another country in the time of war.  And that distinction goes for all mankind, no one else has ever ordered these weapons to be used against another and let us pray he remains the last as well.