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Why IS American politics so nilhilistic? What happened to "our country first"? (I am not American)


Is at least trying to control way out of control and unsustainable spending and debt creation a total wacko attitude?? The Debt Ceiling and government paralysis are unwise ways to get change but a wake up call is overdue! We cannot and should not tax the economy to stagnation as in Japan and southern Europe to pay for every vote buying spending scheme a political faction has pushed through.


No silencedogood20 we are not kidding.
When a capitalistic country gets into debt nowadays, it is not a simple matter of just paying off the debt (wish it was that way), yet instead they have to plan how best to manage the debt.
Beside the GOP who want no more debt, less tax etc, Still want their supporters to get rich via pork barrels.
Wake up and look at your future, as you are part of the planet and so this issue will effect you sooner or later, no matter where you are or how rich you may be.


Are you kidding me? What crazy world is it where those who have the audacity to suggest that a government shouldn't spend more money than it takes in (gasp!) are the problem?


The place the Tea Party adherents err is in being so simplistic. The real solution to the financial problems the government faces is two fold. Scrap the whole archaic tax structure and put in a simplified code that allows no tricks and loopholes. Then sunset every federal law. Of course it would have to be done over a period of years but if every law and every agency had to come up for renewal every ten or even twenty years a lot of wasteful spending would come to light. The combination of increasing revenue without taxing ordinary people any more and reduced spending on pork and waste should result in a surplus that could pay down the debt. Will it happen? No because it would hurt the special interests that have most politicians in their pockets.


Kal is funny, yet people, this is real!
If the US goes down then we may 'all' be in big trouble, and it seems as if most people have forgotten the huge financial fallout just 3 years ago, omg.


The dog wags the tail most of the time but every once in a while the tail wags the dog.

Canadian Thunder

Republicans these days purport that Reagan is their modern day Prophet, but they are as far away from his style of governing as can possibly be.

Reagan was not overly Religious.
Reagan raised taxes when he had to.
Reagan recognised the need to compromise with others.
Reagan was Cool and easy going.

So how can we describe the Tea Party Freaks or indeed the Reagan Moderate Republicans who fear them more than death itself?


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