For the morons

[ogibillm]

When the people running the household screw up their finances and then make questionable choices that cost them their income, do they keep spend as if nothing has happened or there is nothing to worry about?

Dismissed......

When the people running the household screw up and are voted out of power should they be able to filibuster to still get their way ?

They have not been voted out of power.

There is more than one office in Government.

In case you missed it, the Republicans won a lot of elections too. Enough to hold onto power in the House.

The President is NOT king and the Speaker of the House is every bit as powerful as the President. So much so, that the office is third in line should something happen to the President and Vice President.

Get off this "He won so you have to give up your principles" crap.

Learn you basic government.

they lost ground in both chambers of congress.

no, they weren't completely voted out, but neither did they receive a ringing endorsement of their policies

 

[LockeJaw]

Brilliantly explained..

This puts things into a much better perspective.

Lesson # 1:

* U.S. Tax revenue: $ 2,170,000,000,000
* Fed budget: $ 3,820,000,000,000
* New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000
* National debt: $14,271,000,000,000
* Recent budget cuts: $ 38,500,000,000

Let's now remove 8 zeros and pretend it's a household budget:

* A nnual family income: $ 21,700.
* Money the family spent: $ 38,200.
* New debt on the credit card: $ 16,500.
* Outstanding on the credit card: $142,710.
* Total budget cuts so far: $ 385.

Got It ?????

Damn, you're a simpleton. Are you like 15? Where's the total family debt? Perhaps when (if) you grow up, you'll realize what a simple fuck you are.

I think the point is to show in a more simple number solution how meaningless the "cuts" are... Not actually to look at it as if it were a family. If you really brought in 21k a year and were 140k in debt you're life is pretty much over.

it would take 370 years to balance the budget if every year you cut another 385$ while never ever spending a cent more than 142k a year. In fact. we're not looking at interest, that is prolly climbing faster than the cuts total. Likewise this is the same issue with "raising taxes on the rich." It wouldn't even come close to solving the problem. To be honest the worst thing that can happen to Obama is he gets hit tax increase because the following year people will see how poor the math is and wonder how they didn't see Obama for a fucking idiot while all of "us" sit back wondering how the voters who supported Obama didn't see themselves as fucking idiots.

And no, Mitt Romney was not the answer, he was Obama-lite.

Ha, ha... This post was so damn precise, it was ninja like! Take a fucking WALK, DICK!

 

[cutter]

i think pretending that our federal government's budget is akin to a family or business budget is about as moronic as it gets.

Budget? What budget? We don't have one and haven't had one for 4yrs. It's pretty easy to not cut a budget when you don't have one.

 

[Darkwind]

When the people running the household screw up and are voted out of power should they be able to filibuster to still get their way ?

They have not been voted out of power.

There is more than one office in Government.

In case you missed it, the Republicans won a lot of elections too. Enough to hold onto power in the House.

The President is NOT king and the Speaker of the House is every bit as powerful as the President. So much so, that the office is third in line should something happen to the President and Vice President.

Get off this "He won so you have to give up your principles" crap.

Learn you basic government.

they lost ground in both chambers of congress.

no, they weren't completely voted out, but neither did they receive a ringing endorsement of their policies

They still won.....and hold power....

That means they do NOT have to take a back seat to the Democrats or this loser of a President.

 

[hazlnut]

Brilliantly explained..

This puts things into a much better perspective.

Lesson # 1:

* U.S. Tax revenue: $ 2,170,000,000,000
* Fed budget: $ 3,820,000,000,000
* New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000
* National debt: $14,271,000,000,000
* Recent budget cuts: $ 38,500,000,000

Let's now remove 8 zeros and pretend it's a household budget:

* A nnual family income: $ 21,700.
* Money the family spent: $ 38,200.
* New debt on the credit card: $ 16,500.
* Outstanding on the credit card: $142,710.
* Total budget cuts so far: $ 385.

Got It ?????

Yes, since 2002 and the W. Tax cuts, wealth has been trickling upwards. And the GOP wants to stick all of us with the bill even thought the wealthiest have been ordering round after round of drinks. Wealth has been redistributed to the wealthiest via an unfair tax code, unregulated markets, and corporate bailouts. Then the wealth is moved out of the U.S. economy to Swiss banks or Islands. So let's turn back the clock the Clinton Rates, get the estate tax back up, and cut the all the corporate loopholes so corporations have to pay tax to do business in the U.S.

Do you get it?

 

[hazlnut]

i think pretending that our federal government's budget is akin to a family or business budget is about as moronic as it gets.

Budget? What budget? We don't have one and haven't had one for 4yrs. It's pretty easy to not cut a budget when you don't have one.

Which house is supposed to write a budget.... Hmmmmm?

Hint: "house"

 

[Darkwind]

i think pretending that our federal government's budget is akin to a family or business budget is about as moronic as it gets.

Budget? What budget? We don't have one and haven't had one for 4yrs. It's pretty easy to not cut a budget when you don't have one.

Which house is supposed to write a budget.... Hmmmmm?

Hint: "house"

Which chamber has passed a budget in the past 4 years?

Hint, it was NOT the Senate.

Which chamber allows a passed budget to gather dust in a drawer?

Another hint....it is NOT the House.

 

[hazlnut]

Brilliantly explained..

This puts things into a much better perspective.

Lesson # 1:

* U.S. Tax revenue: $ 2,170,000,000,000
* Fed budget: $ 3,820,000,000,000
* New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000
* National debt: $14,271,000,000,000
* Recent budget cuts: $ 38,500,000,000

Let's now remove 8 zeros and pretend it's a household budget:

* A nnual family income: $ 21,700.
* Money the family spent: $ 38,200.
* New debt on the credit card: $ 16,500.
* Outstanding on the credit card: $142,710.
* Total budget cuts so far: $ 385.

Got It ?????

does a household intentionally cut its income and then live on someone else's credit card?

dismissed....

again....

Great point!!

And Grandpa who lives for free in the big bedroom has all this money stashed under the bed. He doesn't pay his fair share.

Let's just get grandpa to kick in what he owes.

 

[FJO]

Brilliantly explained..

This puts things into a much better perspective.

Lesson # 1:

* U.S. Tax revenue: $ 2,170,000,000,000
* Fed budget: $ 3,820,000,000,000
* New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000
* National debt: $14,271,000,000,000
* Recent budget cuts: $ 38,500,000,000

Let's now remove 8 zeros and pretend it's a household budget:

* A nnual family income: $ 21,700.
* Money the family spent: $ 38,200.
* New debt on the credit card: $ 16,500.
* Outstanding on the credit card: $142,710.
* Total budget cuts so far: $ 385.

Got It ?????

does a household intentionally cut its income and then live on someone else's credit card?

dismissed....

again....

Great point!!

And Grandpa who lives for free in the big bedroom has all this money stashed under the bed. He doesn't pay his fair share.

Let's just get grandpa to kick in what he owes.

All decent people on this forum hope and wish that you will never be a Grandpa.

 

[Avorysuds]

does a household intentionally cut its income and then live on someone else's credit card?

dismissed....

again....

When the people running the household screw up their finances and then make questionable choices that cost them their income, do they keep spend as if nothing has happened or there is nothing to worry about?

Dismissed......

When the people running the household screw up and are voted out of power should they be able to filibuster to still get their way ?

If they were voted out of power it would be impossible for them to block bills... That is fact, 100% fact.


Holy fuck some people are just retarded.

 

[Avorysuds]

i think pretending that our federal government's budget is akin to a family or business budget is about as moronic as it gets.

Budget? What budget? We don't have one and haven't had one for 4yrs. It's pretty easy to not cut a budget when you don't have one.

Which house is supposed to write a budget.... Hmmmmm?

Hint: "house"

Progressives = full blown retard.