Here's what happens when the world's richest man buys the presidency

[blaze master]

9 hours ago, frank83628 said:

Another thread about American domestic affairs posted by an Australian, why TF do you care about American  retirement ages and benefit payments? What on earth does it have to do with you?

You are off the chart derangement  sufferer,I think someone should call Guinness to log this as a world record

 

You have to remember the OP still believes in all the lies. 

[nauseus]

10 hours ago, simple1 said:

 

Quoted from the article

 

Your post, Your problem. Own it.

[Hawaiian]

23 minutes ago, Cryingdick said:

 

Well if we can't budget our way it of it, then the only other way forward is to make more money. It is going to take a combination of the two.

Making more money means raising taxes not lowering them.  The last round of tax cuts were supposed to stimulate the economy and thereby generate enough revenue to more than offset the tax cut.

Unfortunately, it didn't work that way.  So much for the trickle-down theory.

[Cryingdick]

1 minute ago, Hawaiian said:

Making more money means raising taxes not lowering them.  The last round of tax cuts were supposed to stimulate the economy and thereby generate enough revenue to more than offset the tax cut.

Unfortunately, it didn't work that way.  So much for the trickle-down theory.

Private companies making more money. the government doesn't make money and all spending is a tax. 

 

 

[TedG]

15 hours ago, simple1 said:

Interesting opinion piece...

 

GOP legislators are toying with reducing payouts under the system, including raising the retirement age and other benefit cuts. As one GOP representative recently told Fox Business Network, “we're going to have to have some hard decisions” on Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare.

 

Trump’s GOP will be making “hard” choices, meaning they will be cutting benefits, in order to fund tax cuts for wealthy donors.

 

Here's what happens when the world's richest man buys the presidency | Opinion

 

The US Government needs to make some tough decisions about the federal budget.  

 

The combined cost of Social Security and Medicare is about 9.0% of GDP in 2024, projected to grow to 11.1% by 2035 and 12.3% by 2098, with most of the increase attributable to Medicare. 

 

https://www.ssa.gov/oact/TRSUM/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

[Hawaiian]

40 minutes ago, Cryingdick said:

Private companies making more money. the government doesn't make money and all spending is a tax. 

 

 

Here's how the government makes money.

https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/economics/hoe-the-government-makes-money/

[bunnydrops]

32 minutes ago, Hawaiian said:

Here's how the government makes money.

https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/economics/hoe-the-government-makes-money/

Unable to open that link

[Hawaiian]

1 hour ago, bunnydrops said:

Unable to open that link

Sorry.  Try googling, "How the Government Makes Money, Corporate Finance Institute."  That link should be there.

[Yellowtail]

12 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

You can hardly expect those on skid row to pay taxes.

Anyway, it is really not necessary for the bottom half of the population to pay income tax.

The productivity of the USA is already so high that income tax for the bottom half can be abolished.

 

 

So half the people vote for higher taxes every year, it's brilliant. 

[jippytum]

money is the dominant factor in US Presidential elections. 

A non wealthy candidate has no chance. 

[Kasset Tak]

Well, considering that my asthma meds are equal to $6 in Thailand, $10 in Sweden, and somehow average at $550 in the US... then what do you expect from all these politicians who are bought by companies and interest organisations like AIPAC?!