Budget and debt, simple explanation of why the US is fucked up

[DamnYankee]

Just remove the last 8 zeros to put it in perspective of why the credit rating of the US has been downgraded.

US tax revenue $21,700
Federal budget $38,200
New debt $16,500
National debt $142,710
Recent budget cut $385

 

[Rune]

The revenue side of your equation looks a little low.
I suggest raising taxes and cutting defense spending by 50%, imediately.

 

[DamnYankee]

That's always the liberal method: destroy America by punishing its workers and leaving the door open for potential invaders.

 

[Rune]

That's always the liberal method: destroy America by punishing its workers and leaving the door open for potential invaders.

Yeah, because we get invaded so often.

 

[DamnYankee]

Tell that to those who died on September 11, 2001.

 

[Rune]

Tell that to those who died on September 11, 2001.

How many B-1 bombers would have saved them?

 

[DamnYankee]

Is that the only thing the military does? Build bombers?

 

[Rune]

Is that the only thing the military does? Build bombers?

Let's see. We already had the biggest military in the world on 9-11.

Why didn't they stop the attack?

Looks like we wasted a lot of money.

 

[USFREEDOM911]

Let's see. We already had the biggest military in the world on 9-11.

Why didn't they stop the attack?

Looks like we wasted a lot of money.

Wel, since so many crimes are committed and not stopped by the Police; you probably feel that all Police stations should be closed.
The same with schools, seeing as how students fail.
Hospitals; because people die in them.
Fire departments, since fires still occur.
Famiies; because not all of them are successful.
etc
etc
etc

 

[DamnYankee]

Let's see. We already had the biggest military in the world on 9-11.

Why didn't they stop the attack?

Looks like we wasted a lot of money.

Or, it needs to be bigger.

 

[Rune]

So this thread is just about your sillyness?

 

[DamnYankee]

No its about "why the US is fucked up", fiscally.

 

[Rune]

No its about "why the US is fucked up", fiscally.

O.K. then. We are 300 million people. Why do we spend more money on defense than the 6.7 billion people combined?

 

[DamnYankee]

Because you libtards don't let us drill for oil and gas in the US, and you stopped construction of new nuclear power plants.

 

[Rune]

Because you libtards don't let us drill for oil and gas in the US, and you stopped construction of new nuclear power plants.

Nice try.

 

[DamnYankee]

You mean nice home run.

 

[USFREEDOM911]

O.K. then. We are 300 million people. Why do we spend more money on defense than the 6.7 billion people combined?

UH; maybe because we're also providing defense for some of those 6.7 billion and we're also usually the one that NATO depends on the most.