I don't get it...
I don't get it...
No way the human body is worth 24 billions dollars. If The Donald did in fact say that, the rest of his comments are tainted by default.
Get back under your bridge. I won't fall for this tomfoolery of offering free hugs.
rotard wrote: Get back under your bridge. I won't fall for this tomfoolery of offering free hugs.
I wont bite either
mguar wrote: "Are we broke" in the post title followed by all sorts of stuff in the post that made me possibly want to watch a special or discuss a topic.
But then you had to finish it with:
mguar wrote: That sort of puts the hundreds of millions per year that the 1% earn into true perspective, doesn't it?
An opinion, not really logically tied to the post, that is indicative of a larger group of opinions that if replied to is guaranteed to start an angry thread.
Posts like this are why you were called a troll.
If a human body is worth $24 billion, who can I sell one of my legs to for 20% of that?
Jay wrote: If a human body is worth $24 billion, who can I sell one of my legs to for 20% of that?
would you be willing to drive an automatic for the rest of your life?
I bet you could get a pretty badass artificial leg for $1 billion... and still have 3.8 left to live on as a cyborg multi-billionaire. I'd totally do it.
Well, this thread may have a questionable future, so I plant my thoughts and try to stay out of the vortex.
It's popular to say "we're broke" because of the debt. The debt is a serious issue and I understand the point of the rhetoric. But in reality, we're the wealthiest country on Earth. Yeah, we're managing our funds poorly in a lot of ways (that may be an understatement) but there's loads of wealth here.
In simple terms, that's very good news. Even in rough times like we've had of late, there's a lot to work with here. Could be a lot worse!
Our government is broke. We are not the wealthiest country at all - we are the largest debtor the planet has ever seen. The value of private property does not add to the wealth of the country in my book.
Of course, this is all suspect since it came from the donald in the first place.
Osterkraut wrote: the rest of his comments are tainted by default.
'nuff said.
T.J. wrote: Our government is broke. We are not the wealthiest country at all - we are the largest debtor the planet has ever seen. The value of private property does not add to the wealth of the country in my book. Of course, this is all suspect since it came from the donald in the first place.
Ditto.
I actually thought it was a good post.
While Trump is using made-up figures and counting personal wealth, it's still thought provoking. 295 trillion is a far cry from 15 trillion, so even considering that the vast majority of that money couldn't be applied, it's hard to believe that 6% of it couldn't be taxed appropriately to cut profits of those that take home billions and eliminate the national debt.
Oh well, what's for dinner?
The answer is simple: We only need to sell 625 Americans to wipe out the national debt!
In all seriousness, I don't see why Mr. Mguar is so bad. Most trolls goes blatantly out of their way to piss you off, I've never seen him outright go and say something to bother someone.
Leave the nice Jaguar man alone.
Jay wrote: I bet you could get a pretty badass artificial leg for $1 billion... and still have 3.8 left to live on as a cyborg multi-billionaire. I'd totally do it.
To do it right, you would need two artificial legs. I don't know what the current rate would be after inflation, but Col. Steve Austin got two legs, an arm, and an eye for only six million back in '74.
92CelicaHalfTrac wrote: The answer is simple: We only need to sell 625 Americans to wipe out the national debt!
How many members of congress are there? Sell the lot! Better yet, part them out. Before they finish doing it to us.
We can't be broke, I've still got checks
What's my ass worth?
T.J. wrote: Our government is broke. We are not the wealthiest country at all - we are the largest debtor the planet has ever seen. The value of private property does not add to the wealth of the country in my book. Of course, this is all suspect since it came from the donald in the first place.
I wouldn't say we are the worst debtor the planet has ever seen. Our debt to GDP ratio is smaller than quite a few countries, which I think is a more relevant stat than the absolute value. We also owe most of that money to ourselves. And the country has access to lots of money at very low interest rates. The debt is a long term problem that needs a long term solution, including getting unemployment down.
I will stay out as well but I do have one parting shot:
If a human body is worth $24bn and when it graduates high school it will make $1m over their lifetime ($9m if it's a doctor) it seems that the current philosophy of overvaluation an undercapitalization of the American government is spot on.
Both seem like wasted investments.
HappyAndy wrote:92CelicaHalfTrac wrote: The answer is simple: We only need to sell 625 Americans to wipe out the national debt!How many members of congress are there? Sell the lot! Better yet, part them out. Before they finish doing it to us.
I'll volunteer to be sold to Canada!
Wally wrote: We can't be broke, I've still got checks
Oh... I thought you said, "cheeks". 
BoostedBrandon wrote: In all seriousness, I don't see why Mr. Mguar is so bad. Most trolls goes blatantly out of their way to piss you off, I've never seen him outright go and say something to bother someone. Leave the nice Jaguar man alone.
Gotta agree with this. I haven't seen any personal attacks which is generally considered the mark of the beast. Well, he did diss the Trooper once... 
But concerning the OP: I say we are long past time to balance the budget. Also, the $15 trillion figure does NOT included unfunded mandates such as future Social Security, Medicaid, etc payouts which are close to $46 trillion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_public_debt
So maybe the money being made by the 1% that's being taxed at a much lower rate than the income of their underlings should be looked at a little harder. Oh, wait: Congress belongs to the 1%, not to us. (There's a little trolling, if you choose to call it such.)
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