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Solution to US economic problem - Give every US citizen $1,000,000
Instead of giving US corporations bailout/loans the government should give each of its citizens $1,000,000 to spend on anything they want within the United States.According to the US Census there are 305 million citizens. $305 million dollar checks going out to people who will spend in the US is a...
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Factual thread on the economy, cite sources.
I think it would be great if we could debate the economy not on the basis of "commonly known" or presumed but on the basis of provable facts with sources. I'll start, US deficit for 2009 (last budget made by Bush administration) 1.41 trillion, 2013 budget deficit is 901 Billion, meaning...
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Our National Debt jumped by $166 billion and still going up
The nation's debt leapt $166 billion in a single day last week, the third-largest increase in U.S. history; the one-day increase for June 30 totaled $165,931,038,264.30 - bigger than the entire annual deficit for fiscal year 2007. This means that nearly $1,500 of debt was added for every U.S....
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To gain a point of perspective, think about a "billion"...
A billion:A billion seconds ago it was 1959!A billion minutes ago jesus alledgedly lived!A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the stone age!A billion days ago no one walked upon the earth on 2 feet!Now, consider 1000 times a billion: a trillion... and try to visualize our national...
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Obama, the ONE we've been waiting for. Let's see....
Over $14 trillion in deficitApproximately 99% debt to GDP ratioCan you spell depression?Credit rating downgrade9% unemployment20% real unemploymentGas prices skyrocketFood prices skyrocketClothing prices skyrocket1 extra warForeign policy? Really?Lost 600 plus seats in congress to the joy of his...
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2.2 Trillion in Waiting? Really?
I cannot wait to hear the responses on this one. A day after Obama was threatening how he will not pay the armed services, not pay Social Security, not fund Medicare, and more. "we do not have the money to pay these things We need to rasie taxes" I agree with him on eliminating tax breaks...