Bill Clinton makes a ridiculous amount of money giving speeches. Around 5-10 million/year.
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Im saying there are few. Doctors work for free out of charity. I dont think our government should be a charity effort. I think we need to figure out how to attract the best and brightest instead of settling for second tier career politicians. Maybe we should look for those with careers in finance or business instead of lawyers or trust fund babies... or community organizers...whatever that is.
If to get elected it takes years of playing the game, then all one is going to do when they get there is play the game. |
Flying on Obama’s private plane.
Obama looked at Oprah, chuckled and said, ‘You know, I could throw a $1,000 bill out of the window right now and make somebody very happy. Oprah shrugged her shoulders and replied, ‘I could throw ten $100 bills out of the window and make ten people very happy. …Michelle added, ‘That being the case, I could throw one hundred $10 bills out of the window and make a hundred people very happy.. Hearing their exchange, the pilot rolled his eyes and said to his co-pilot, “Such big-shots back there. I could throw all three of them out of the window and make 256 million people very happy.’ |
“The fact that we are here today to debate raising America 's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the US Government can not pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal policies. Increasing America 's debt... weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that, "the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.” -- Senator Barack H. Obama, March 2006
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"LOL, yes it is impossible to turn the country around; except when Reagan did it after Carter...
For starters, the new president could appoint a new United States Secretary of the Treasury, you know someone who actually understand monetary policy.." Reagan is part of the reason we are here in the first place. I can paint a turd and it may look good for a brief while, but in the end, it's still a turd. Reagan raised the debt ceiling 17 times in his presidency, Bush Jr. did it 7. Where were the Tea Party and the fiscally responsible GOP then? Wasn't it Dick Cheney that said the US deficit did not matter? |
The reason we are in the position we are in now is the trade deficit amd govt spending overseas. You cannot export 1/2 to 1 trillion dollars out of the economy every year as a sustainable economic paradigm. The govt either expands the money supply or goes into debt to counter the damage of a deficit economy. The question is how fast and how long do you want the economy to decline until we address the real problem?
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Thread makes me think of a great song.
"Mother, should I trust the government?" -Roger Waters |
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I am not a fan George W. or Cheney, they go against my libertarian streak. The entire Federal Government was on spending spree the last decade. The Patriot Act was anything but patriotic... I'm just glad that we are where we are now, because the pain will bring liberty, conservatism, and ultimately return us to small government. The outcome of the US defaulting and losing our credit rating (we will one way or another, either outright or through inflation) will return us to small conservative government, very similar to the way it did in the 1830's did. Oh, ya, we defaulted back then too! |
This is an interesting article about history... I'm still doing research on the actual facts of what happened back then, but this is start... It is about the repudiation of the date in early 1840's.
Repudiation Is an Option Also, here is a somewhat comical article by Murray Rothbard... Repudiating the National Debt, it seems kind of silly now... he was talking about national debt of about $3.5 Trillion which is chump change now... Rothbard is one of my favorite economists.. |
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