How do you balance the budget without

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

DoD is a mandated duty of the Federal Government, per the Constitution.
The "richies" are not and can be trimmed.
It's the various "welfare" for the non-working that is the real killer when trying to balance the budget.

I said "balancing the budget". Yes, it is the richies that are leading to these unholy deficits.

 

[TemplarKormac]

This is over. Good night.

For you, yes. Good night

 

[Stryder50]

What do you think happens when you raise taxes on corporations?

The taxes get passed on into the price of the goods/services they offer and their customers pay for the increased taxes.

 

[Stryder50]

Tell us.

The tax increases get passed on to their customers. Durrr ...
Basic economics, 'Watson'.

The consumer always pays all costs.

 

[BluesLegend]

Means test social security.

Piss off home with that. I was forced to PAY I want what's mine. Why don't all you Dem lard ass moochers work a job and pay some taxes, there you have it problem solved.

 

[Marener]

Piss off home with that. I was forced to PAY I want what's mine. Why don't all you Dem lard ass moochers work a job and pay some taxes, there you have it problem solved.

Your social security check comes directly out of my pay check.

I don’t care what you think. You’re not entitled to my paycheck.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

Nuke the pentagram’s budget.

Nuke all budgets.

 

[ThisIsMe]

The taxes get passed on into the price of the goods/services they offer and their customers pay for the increased taxes.

Exactly.

 

[ThisIsMe]

Tell us.

Prices go up..

You can raise all the taxes on corporations all you want, it's not them who will eat the cost, in the end

 

[JWBooth]

Nuke all budgets.

I’m good with that

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Good, the nay sayers agree with me. I told you all that.

Tariffs are a tax on the buyer and who passes it on to the customer.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Plan being debated as we speak is going to balloon the deficit by $3.8Tr. Spending cuts of $1Tr are more than offset by tax breaks geared for the top 5%.

House GOP grinding ahead with Trump's big tax cuts bill, but new report says it will add to deficit

House Republicans are preparing to vote on their multi-trillion-dollar package of tax breaks and program cuts as soon as Wednesday.

apnews.com

 

[WorldWatcher]

The poor don't pay income tax. No tax on tips, OT, or on SS helps the working poor.

And increases the debt.

Tariffs cut into China's cash,

Tariffs are paid by the importer and those cost are passed along to the consumer. They are a consumer tax.

corporations fund science, real science.

Basic science is often funded by governments which then become the building blocks of corporate research.

Medicaid isn't gutted, only the ineligible are removed.

Actually it's increasing the pool of "ineligible".

Space mining may happen after we figure out how to do it as cheaply as on Earth.

Agreed, but IMHO "space mining" will only come when the raw materials can be processed in space and by that time will more likely go to supporting space colonies that have any practical import on Earth.

WW

 

[WorldWatcher]

In 2022, the federal government spent about $160bn on R&D. This is about 0.6% of GDP. For comparison, the private sector spent about $673bn on R&D in that year, which is about 2.6% of GDP. In inflation-adjusted terms (pictured below), federal R&D spending has risen substantially since 1953

I wonder...

How much of the GOV R&D was for basic science understanding compared to how much of CORP R&D is (a) building the the fundamentals from GOV R&D, and (b) how much is more engineering "R&D" over science R&D [the two are not the same].

WW

 

[BluesLegend]

Your social security check comes directly out of my pay check.

I don’t care what you think. You’re not entitled to my paycheck.

No dummy, it comes from the ungodly amount of money I and my employer were forced to pay into that lame ass government program. I'll be lucky to break even if I live to be 90.

 

[Marener]

No dummy, it comes from the ungodly amount of money I and my employer were forced to pay into that lame ass government program. I'll be lucky to break even if I live to be 90.

I don’t give a shit what you paid into. You aren’t entitled to my money, which is what you’re after.

Your social security checks come from me.

 

[BluesLegend]

I don’t give a shit what you paid into. You aren’t entitled to my money, which is what you’re after.

Your social security checks come from me.

Ah, here's an idea...pull your head out of your ass. I'm receiving MY money I paid in. Oh look your poor pathetic talking point was destroyed. Tissue?

 

[Marener]

Ah, here's an idea...pull your head out of your ass. I'm receiving MY money I paid in. Oh look your poor pathetic talking point was destroyed. Tissue?

No you aren’t. The money you paid in is gone. Long gone.

You’re receiving MY money.

 

[BluesLegend]

No you aren’t. The money you paid in is gone. Long gone.

You’re receiving MY money.

You are dismissed troll.

 

[Marener]

You are dismissed troll.

You assholes handed my generation tens of trillions in debt and still expect us to pay for your retirement.

Go **** yourself and the rest of your dead beats.