How could anyone brag about this?

[SK in CV]

[quote=Mark Holmes]Well, I think their point is that much of the new spending enacted in the last ten years simply adds to deficit spending with no plans for how to actually pay for it.
So we’re paying for it, not our children and grandchildren. It may not make us happy (I’m no fan of the current health care bill) but at least we’re not asking for ensuing generations to foot the bill.[/quote]

Nailed it.

Six years ago..
[quote]it was standard practice not to pay for things.[/quote]

So says Republican Senator Orrin Hatch.

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=9423266

Tis better to brag about spending money with no apparent means to pay for it, or spending money and creating means to pay for it?

Which one of those helped to create the financial crisis?

[CA renter]

[quote=Mark Holmes]Well, I think their point is that much of the new spending enacted in the last ten years simply adds to deficit spending with no plans for how to actually pay for it.
So we’re paying for it, not our children and grandchildren. It may not make us happy (I’m no fan of the current health care bill) but at least we’re not asking for ensuing generations to foot the bill.[/quote]

Exactly right, Mark.

I’d much rather pay higher taxes so we can stop spending ourselves into a hole with “trickle-down” economics.

[CA renter]

[quote=Mark Holmes]Well, I think their point is that much of the new spending enacted in the last ten years simply adds to deficit spending with no plans for how to actually pay for it.
So we’re paying for it, not our children and grandchildren. It may not make us happy (I’m no fan of the current health care bill) but at least we’re not asking for ensuing generations to foot the bill.[/quote]

Exactly right, Mark.

I’d much rather pay higher taxes so we can stop spending ourselves into a hole with “trickle-down” economics.

[CA renter]

[quote=Mark Holmes]Well, I think their point is that much of the new spending enacted in the last ten years simply adds to deficit spending with no plans for how to actually pay for it.
So we’re paying for it, not our children and grandchildren. It may not make us happy (I’m no fan of the current health care bill) but at least we’re not asking for ensuing generations to foot the bill.[/quote]

Exactly right, Mark.

I’d much rather pay higher taxes so we can stop spending ourselves into a hole with “trickle-down” economics.

[CA renter]

[quote=Mark Holmes]Well, I think their point is that much of the new spending enacted in the last ten years simply adds to deficit spending with no plans for how to actually pay for it.
So we’re paying for it, not our children and grandchildren. It may not make us happy (I’m no fan of the current health care bill) but at least we’re not asking for ensuing generations to foot the bill.[/quote]

Exactly right, Mark.

I’d much rather pay higher taxes so we can stop spending ourselves into a hole with “trickle-down” economics.

[CA renter]

[quote=Mark Holmes]Well, I think their point is that much of the new spending enacted in the last ten years simply adds to deficit spending with no plans for how to actually pay for it.
So we’re paying for it, not our children and grandchildren. It may not make us happy (I’m no fan of the current health care bill) but at least we’re not asking for ensuing generations to foot the bill.[/quote]

Exactly right, Mark.

I’d much rather pay higher taxes so we can stop spending ourselves into a hole with “trickle-down” economics.

[Anonymous]

It would be helpful if you cited a source for the quote, but I agree with the other posts: A government plan that actually defines means to pay for itself is much better than what we’ve been doing for nearly a decade.

So how exactly did we finance the Iraq war? Did we put it on the credit card? Was that a less “moronic” fiscal policy?

[Anonymous]

It would be helpful if you cited a source for the quote, but I agree with the other posts: A government plan that actually defines means to pay for itself is much better than what we’ve been doing for nearly a decade.

So how exactly did we finance the Iraq war? Did we put it on the credit card? Was that a less “moronic” fiscal policy?

[Anonymous]

It would be helpful if you cited a source for the quote, but I agree with the other posts: A government plan that actually defines means to pay for itself is much better than what we’ve been doing for nearly a decade.

So how exactly did we finance the Iraq war? Did we put it on the credit card? Was that a less “moronic” fiscal policy?

[Anonymous]

It would be helpful if you cited a source for the quote, but I agree with the other posts: A government plan that actually defines means to pay for itself is much better than what we’ve been doing for nearly a decade.

So how exactly did we finance the Iraq war? Did we put it on the credit card? Was that a less “moronic” fiscal policy?

[Anonymous]

It would be helpful if you cited a source for the quote, but I agree with the other posts: A government plan that actually defines means to pay for itself is much better than what we’ve been doing for nearly a decade.

So how exactly did we finance the Iraq war? Did we put it on the credit card? Was that a less “moronic” fiscal policy?

[NeetaT]

OK, I get the point. No argument here, but I do wish that we could leave everything to the private sector as much as possible. I like the pay as you use scenario where the government does not interfere by imposing taxes so that the funds can be used to subsidize those who want handouts such as free health care. I understand that we need a mutual pool for law enforcement, military, highways, and a myriad of other services. It would not be practical or practicable to make private many of the tax dependent services, but at least we can put forth a concerted effort to cull what we can out of the government system and make private so that it is pay as you go or use. My thinking may seem warped to some, but personal responsibility, in my substantiate opinion, is severely lacking in our country. I exhort and implore parents to instill in their prodigy a sense of self pride and personal responsibility. I know I went off on a tangent, but this health care proposal will by no means ameliorate the current system.

[NeetaT]

OK, I get the point. No argument here, but I do wish that we could leave everything to the private sector as much as possible. I like the pay as you use scenario where the government does not interfere by imposing taxes so that the funds can be used to subsidize those who want handouts such as free health care. I understand that we need a mutual pool for law enforcement, military, highways, and a myriad of other services. It would not be practical or practicable to make private many of the tax dependent services, but at least we can put forth a concerted effort to cull what we can out of the government system and make private so that it is pay as you go or use. My thinking may seem warped to some, but personal responsibility, in my substantiate opinion, is severely lacking in our country. I exhort and implore parents to instill in their prodigy a sense of self pride and personal responsibility. I know I went off on a tangent, but this health care proposal will by no means ameliorate the current system.

[NeetaT]

OK, I get the point. No argument here, but I do wish that we could leave everything to the private sector as much as possible. I like the pay as you use scenario where the government does not interfere by imposing taxes so that the funds can be used to subsidize those who want handouts such as free health care. I understand that we need a mutual pool for law enforcement, military, highways, and a myriad of other services. It would not be practical or practicable to make private many of the tax dependent services, but at least we can put forth a concerted effort to cull what we can out of the government system and make private so that it is pay as you go or use. My thinking may seem warped to some, but personal responsibility, in my substantiate opinion, is severely lacking in our country. I exhort and implore parents to instill in their prodigy a sense of self pride and personal responsibility. I know I went off on a tangent, but this health care proposal will by no means ameliorate the current system.

[NeetaT]

OK, I get the point. No argument here, but I do wish that we could leave everything to the private sector as much as possible. I like the pay as you use scenario where the government does not interfere by imposing taxes so that the funds can be used to subsidize those who want handouts such as free health care. I understand that we need a mutual pool for law enforcement, military, highways, and a myriad of other services. It would not be practical or practicable to make private many of the tax dependent services, but at least we can put forth a concerted effort to cull what we can out of the government system and make private so that it is pay as you go or use. My thinking may seem warped to some, but personal responsibility, in my substantiate opinion, is severely lacking in our country. I exhort and implore parents to instill in their prodigy a sense of self pride and personal responsibility. I know I went off on a tangent, but this health care proposal will by no means ameliorate the current system.

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