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Is the deficit getting worse or better? Or does it matter it anymore
| October 2nd, 2019 at 12:23:40 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11803 |
Bill Clinton overall had a balanced budget I don't like the guy but that's pretty impressive to me Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| October 2nd, 2019 at 12:42:50 PM permalink | |
| fleaswatter Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 3 Posts: 1087 |
You forgot to thank the house speaker (at the time) and republican Newt Gingrich for pushing and getting the Balanced Budget Act & Taxpayer Relief Act into law. Let's go Brandon |
| October 2nd, 2019 at 12:44:48 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18212 |
I wonder if he is upset that Clinton shut the government down to spend more than Newt wanted to spend? The President is a fink. |
| October 2nd, 2019 at 1:15:20 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
You mean the Smoke and Mirrors Act? It was only 'balanced' because they moved a bunch of things around. And it would only stay balanced (which it didn't) if the rules were stuck to (which they were not). It's no different than balancing your wife's checkbook. It only stays balanced if she strictly follows the rules. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| December 16th, 2019 at 11:24:17 AM permalink | |
| petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | https://wallstreetonparade.com/2019/12/new-york-fed-plans-to-throw-2-93-trillion-at-wall-streets-trading-houses-over-next-month-as-new-york-times-remains-silent/ "The chart below suggests that today’s Fed loans, which are not going to commercial banks but to the trading units of those banks, are being used to artificially prop up the stock market" The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
| December 16th, 2019 at 1:09:30 PM permalink | |
| Shrek Member since: Aug 13, 2019 Threads: 6 Posts: 1635 | What??? He's married?!?!?! |
| December 16th, 2019 at 2:26:06 PM permalink | |
| petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/12/16/amazon-chevron-and-starbucks-among-91-fortune-500-corporations-paid-0-federal-income The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
| December 16th, 2019 at 3:55:34 PM permalink | |
| Gandler Member since: Aug 15, 2019 Threads: 27 Posts: 4256 |
Isn't that how every budget is balanced? You move things around and adjust payments until you reach a level you can afford. Of course if you stop following your rules your budget will go red too.... |
| December 16th, 2019 at 6:18:38 PM permalink | |
| SOOPOO Member since: Feb 19, 2014 Threads: 22 Posts: 4177 |
But.... I am a Chevron shareholder. Chevron pays me a dividend. It is them distributing the profits to the owners. I PAY TAXES.... NOT CHEVRON!!!!! But taxes are collected by the Federal Government. Corporations that are publicly owned should NOT pay taxes! Let the shareholders (me) pay taxes on the dividends, and on the capital gains as well when I sell at a profit. |
| December 16th, 2019 at 6:36:34 PM permalink | |
| petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | "Taxes are for little people" Leona Helmsly I'm pretty sure Standard Oil received enough "favors" from the USG along the way. How about Chevron pay for the protection in all the country's they are operating? And clean up their mess https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oil_spills? http://www.sosyasuni.org/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=106%3Athe-worst-case-of-oil-pollution-on-the-planet&catid=17%3Ageneral&Itemid=1 The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |