The whole thing is beyond ridiculous personally I think we passed the point of no return on this long ago.One thing we could do is limit the national debts to GDP ratio to something like 50%.
We had a 30% to 40% ratio for a very long time, but now we are over 120% of debt to GDP ratio, and that is ridiculous.
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U.S. National Debt by Year
The U.S. national debt grew to a record $34 trillion by the end of 2023. It was just $16 billion in 1930.www.thebalancemoney.com
SS is not really a government benefit. It is a retirement plan you pay in to which goes up in value and then when you retire you get your investment return back.
Yeah, it's kind of funny to watch some of these people outright claim they don't belong to either side and yet if you would put them on a scale it would sink all the way to the ground on the left side.
LOL. I'll take that as you complete concession. Again, military retirement is an employee benefit for working for the government. It is not a hand out.
You just said a few posts ago that you want the rich to pay their fair share in taxes, even though they already pay the huge majority of the taxes collected. That's a lefty talking point.
I guess government benefits needs to be defined. SS is not a government benefit and benefits paid to federal workers as part of their compensation is also not what I was referring to. You basically know what I mean and, yes, there would be exceptions, such as those, to what I said. And, I don't actually remember saying that people receiving benefits shouldn't be allowed to vote. I said people paying no federal income taxes should be allowed to vote and, yes, there would be exceptions to that.
Ok. I kind of misspoke there, to some degree. I basically meant, with some exceptions, that people not paying federal income taxes should not be allowed to vote in federal elections and many who don't pay federal income taxes are receiving federal benefits. Same applies at state and local levels, with exceptions. This means that even if you aren't receiving government benefits but pay no federal income taxes, with some exceptions, you shouldn't be allowed to vote if you aren't paying taxes. Of course it's all a dream of mine and would never be reality, but, in my dream I make the rules.
?????????????? I don't believe you phrased that correctly. I think you meant to say that if you don't have a job then you don't get to vote but that means a person with a job working 10 hours per week, collecting government benefits, and pays no federal income taxes, would still get to vote. I wouldn't sign off on that.
Actually, it's not hard for me. I think pretty much the same thing. I think everyone earning over the poverty wage should pay federal income taxes, even if it's a small amount. I find it disgusting that the left say the rich aren't paying their fair share while about half of Americans pay zero federal income tax. So, I would give a poverty level deduction and everyone earning over that pays federal income taxes and gets to vote.
We haven't spent a single red cent on Ukraine. Let's be honest here. The US government is practically insolvent. The US government took on even more debt on behalf of Ukraine. I as a lowly Plebe have more free capital, compared to debt, than the US government does...
