Ok, I'll try this one more time. It is not "crap", but fact that all liberal entitlement programs now in existence, and the supporting bureaucratic agencies, consume three fourths of the federal budget. These are not expenditures vital to the function of government, in the fulfilling of it's constitutional mandates. When those vital expenditures are added in, it results in 500 billion to 1.5 trillion dollars in excess of total tax revenues taken in. Does the typical liberal head of his house borrow the difference, year after year until there is so much debt, that the amount of interest only eventually consumes the entire income, and then goes on to require more borrowing (with more interest), just to pay the interest? We have methodically marched toward that eventuality for decades. Spending for these programs never decreases. It only and always increases. This is not "crap", but fact. The number of and percentage of people only increases, not decreases. This is not "crap", but fact. When you have to borrow every year to cover these expenditures, as the debt level rises, year after year, the amount of interest increases as well. Again, not "crap", but fact. A side effect is, as more and more people become dependent on these programs, there is less federal tax revenue taken in, therefore adding to the increased borrowing, or an increase in taxation from the working producers. Fact. Not "crap". We already have the highest tax rates in the world, and it only discourages hiring, business expansion, corporate holdings of overseas capital and profits, remaining there, to avoid the world's highest corporate tax rates. Fact, not "crap". The social security payroll tax originally produced surpluses each year, and was supposed to be kept separate from the general fund. Fact not "crap". Instead in order to artificially reduce the apparent amount of the deficit, these surpluses have been robbed year after year, but instead of using those funds to pay down debt, which even I may have gone along with, they have only been used to increase non vital government spending. Fact, not "crap". Although liberals are in denial, and refuse to acknowledge this fact we have reached the end of the line. Factual history shows the more you tax, the less the economy grows in order to keep up with population growth, unemployment increases as business does less or no hiring and federal revenues stagnate. From Kennedy to Reagan to Bush 43, when taxes were reduced federal revenues soar. Fact not "crap". As government takes more capital out of the free market through taxation, people and businesses have less to spend. These are all basic mathematical facts, not "crap". With this model, debt increases to the point where interest on that debt increases to the point where the amount of revenues does not even cover the amount of interest owed, much less the 17 trillion principal. 17 trillion dollar is almost 5 times annual revenues. This, no matter the deniers, is the legal defination of bankruptcy. Fact not "crap." All the wealth distributionist policies, all the taxation, all the borrowing, all the robbing of trust fund surpluses, (private pensions and 401k's are the next target, as Harry Houdini has indicated), will not bail you out of the hole you have dug. It is fact not "crap" you could take 100% of the 30% highest wage earners in this country, yes, take it ALL, and igt would not so much as dent the deficits we run each year. Fact, not "crap". We are there. This is the liberal model and we now see the results. Our currency values, the price of gold, are collapsing. Our economy has already collapsed, they are just not telling us the t***h as to how bad it really is. Unemployment is twice as high as they are telling us. They, are in fact lying to all of us. QE2 has only artificially propped up the stock market investors, primarily wall street and bankers, and all indications are it is projected to "correct" this spring to summer. Big Time.
Now, I have taken a different approach here, in order to be "succinct". Consider it my way of accomodation to your professed inability to see the point. I believe I have already been as about as succinct as you can get. Yes, I'm keenly aware I may be a little more blunt than most. We have no more time for any other approach. I have grown weary of the continued song and dance of those who, (1) deny this is a failed model, and continue said policies as if it is producing prosperity for all. Or that blame "rich" people as the cause of it's failure. Rich people don't get rich by taking everyone else's piece of pie. They take their profits and just make more pies. It's called increased volume. And (2), blame everyone but themselves for it's failure and relentlessly press for a double downing more of the same, which caused the failure to begin with. The problem is we've run out of road for the can kicking game, and out of time, as it is crumbling and will not take much to collapse the whole system, and anarchy will ensue. It is time to realize and admit, like the tooth fairy, there is no such thing as Utopia.
So my as simple as you can get, succinct question is: What is the liberals formula for turning this around? Your model is not correcting this problem. Your credit limit is exceeded. Five years of Obama has made it worse. Please don't give me the "r****t" excuse for that statement. If your answer is more of the same, then I give up. To me it will be just another example of denial, and final proof that I am correct, in that there can be no debate to save this country. Only war between us. I hope I'm wrong, but I sure don't see it getting better, only worse. Please if you cannot reciprocate with a "succinct" answer, please save your self the time responding.
Please remember, we ALL will live with wh**ever consequence is next. If it be war and anarchy, God help us all.
Again, what is a succinct sentence of what you're wanting to know?
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