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Originally Posted by 732002
1. I never have said that we should not control the deficit. The deficit and economy are on different timelines. Taking drastic measures to reduce the deficit would actually hurt the economy. The deficit and market are not inversely proportional. Both have been going up the past several years.
2. You don't know what I believe in.
3. "Also, INCREASING REVENUE to the government decreases the deficit."
No chit! so don't vote for politicians that buy your vote with false promises
of lower taxes without increasing the deficit.
The truth is everyone will have to pay more and get less to reduce the deficit. Not exactly the message that wins elections.
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That's not what you originally said. YOU said that ANYTHING that would decrease the deficit is BAD. My contention is that a booming economy, resulting in more tax revenue would decrease the deficit, and I can't understand how that is BAD.
The deficit and economy are not REALLY on different timelines. If we had elected officials that were worth as much as a bucket of warm chit, they would NOT spend more than they take in. THAT is why we have a deficit, because they spend MORE of OUR money than they take in. When they get in trouble then they want to demand MORE of our money rather than having us take our lumps to fix it.