How come...

[Charade]

You guys over the Atlantic have it cushy when it comes to gas prices - we pay just under a pound a litre (that's $1.80 to $1.90 a litre or $6.81 to $7.19 a USA gallon.)

THEN there are expensive car taxes and sometimes emission charges too... oh my yes.



Rich::

So, would you feel better if we paid more in taxes or would you feel better if you paid less in taxes?

 

[ThAnswr]

How do you propose to fix it then? Tax half of our income to pay for the debt and the economy goes to shambles. That's not the solution, ThAnswr. Look at Europe, they get over half of their income taxed, and their economies rely on the U.S. to stay afloat. Most have socialist programs that don't work effectively and have high unemployment rates (I could go on and on). We have a global economy in this day and age, everyone relies on everyone else. The solution, ultimately, is to cut spending, but this hurricane has complicated things. And just cutting pork won't cut it. Everytime some politician proposes cutting a program, he gets shelled for being inconsiderate or incompetent. We need a Congress and president who are willing to reduce the size of the federal government, as far as domestic spending goes. This president isn't gonna cut domestic spending in the least (yes, ThAnswr, I just criticized the president, so is that considered jumping over the cliff), so the deficit will go on, as it has for most of American history.

Let's cut to the chase. You don't care about the deficit. You don't care that foreign governments are buying up bits and pieces of this country via bonds. You don't care that the debt will be passed on to future generations. You just don't care as long as it doesn't affect your wallet one damned bit.

So let's cut the BS. You aren't willing to pony up one blessed nickel for the future of this country. Admit it and move on.

And, if I were you, I'd stay away from that cliff. There's just so many times someone can fall on their head before they become nonsensical. Perhaps you've already reached that point.