Steve_McGarrett
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Breaking Update!The Democrats are saying they want to work to "fix Obamacare". What they are really saying is "we do not care about the health of Americans, we just want to make sure that we don't take any blame for the Obamacare catastrophe". On top of many on the alt-left who want to see socialism expand of course.
No, what they're saying is that Conservatives have done everything in their power to undermine the law; from eliminating CSR's, to refusing to expand Medicaid, not because of any economic or fiscal reasons, but because Obama's name is on it and you just can't handle the fact that he accomplished something. So you play pretend that Obamacare is this terrible thing because that's the only way you can be heard in this discussion. So you invent characters who have been negatively affected by it, or grossly exaggerate or outright lie about it's effects on you personally.
We all remember Julie Boonstra...and because of Julie Boonstra, we cannot take anything Conservatives say about the ACA's effects at face value. After all, if you're willing to lie about something, then refuse to believe actual facts, you're not a serious person and your criticism and complaints aren't serious.
Something this deeply ingrained, dependent on government debt and future generations revenue is not fixable in a capitalist system. It has to be deeply altered
Can you explain why government debt is a bad thing? And why would your children and grandchildren pay for the debts? Government debt doesn't have an expiration because the government isn't an entity that dies. Meaning, when an individual dies, there's a debt left over...but government doesn't die. So exactly when does the debt have to be paid? Never. We've had government debt since the 1840's at varying levels of %-of-GDP. None of what you say today about debt happened the last 170 years. So why would it suddenly start happening today (or generations down the line as you predict)?
Oh my, debt doesn't die? How do you propose it will be repaid at all when it reaches $40, 50, 100 trillion!? It's not the debt that will die, it's the economy power and the U.S dollar that will. If you think Western values and America is beholden to China now, just wait until the debt becomes too great a number to be lowered.
The debt that took over a hundred years to accumulate took just 8 short years to double. That's the problem. The growth rate is astounding and unsustainable. Just look at Ontario. This province is headed to insolvency sooner rather than later. There are many who share your view here who are not so comfortable right now.
TRUMP on Track to Make History! – Lowest Debt Increase of Any US President in 40 Years!