Screw the Government

[ahabion]

I can't believe at mere 20B is causing this much discussion. It is such a small number er for the scale we are talking about its not even worth mentioning.

He's referring that we shouldn't have involved ourselves in war post-9/11. Killing Osama and eliminating Hussien does nothing for this country other than make us broke. Why should we worry about national safety/security and living in freedom? He'd rather be living rich and under oppression... /sarcasm

IMO, I'd say cut every social program out there and put a fair or flat tax on the whole system and get rid of the IRS. The government should never be running on debt anyway (deficit spending), it's stupid, both mathematically and ethically. They should be running all cash. For those people who want to support social programs, then that should be facilitated either at the state level or privatized. If you care about the homeless or Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, then donate and do it. Want your kids to have a better education then pay for it. If you want to see the economy pick up, then you need to make a budget for yourself and tell everyone you know to make a budget. When everyone starts 'fixing themselves' that is when the economy will come back. The Top-Down mentality of the government fixing the economy is just plain stupid and it doesn't work.

Bottom line: Put your money where your mouth is. When everyone does this, you create a thriving community/county/state/country.

[Browning151]

If you care about the homeless or Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, then donate and do it. Want your kids to have a better education then pay for it. If you want to see the economy pick up, then you need to make a budget for yourself and tell everyone you know to make a budget. When everyone starts 'fixing themselves' that is when the economy will come back. The Top-Down mentality of the government fixing the economy is just plain stupid and it doesn't work.

Bottom line: Put your money where your mouth is. When everyone does this, you create a thriving community/county/state/country.

That's called personal responsibility/accountability, a concept which sadly most of this country has no knowledge or understanding of.

[ahabion]

http://youtu.be/_68GjR6V6zI

Yay John! /doh!