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No, we do not continually cut taxes until they reach 0%, we just stop raising them.  Tax cuts along with controlled spending will boost the economy, whereas tax hikes with increased government spending only lead to more of the same.  We could not spend our way out of the Great Depression, it took a war, and I think that Keynesian Economics are dead.


None of these countries are going to call in the debt.  China owns a huge amount but they have to.  China uses our currency to back their own, so they can keep it artificially undervalued to make their exports looks more appealing.  China cannot call in our debt because it would crash their own economy because of the effect it would have on their own cash reserves. 



 



Governments mandated the existence of HMO's to begin with.  As for Medicare, The program serves 42 million Americans and costs more than $325 billion per year, nearly 13 percent of the federal budget. But current projections say Medicare could go broke under the weight of the aging baby boom generation by 2019 -- long before Social Security.  Added to this is another $400 Billion for the 2003 prescription drug plan that was enacted.


The United States, has a population of 301,139,947. Given what Medicare costs for these 42 million Americans, it would cost an astonishing 1.9 Trillion dollars.  All of this before any prescription drug plan is added in.  Where is this money going to come from every year?


 



True, to an extent. That is why it is so important that the Iraqi Security Force has been taking the lead on missions lately.  They are more prone to view their own security force as more legitimate.  We must continue to train them and ensure that they can provide decent security so that the political process can continue.



 



The majority of people who work minimum wage jobs are teenagers who are not supporting themselves.  That said, many people also choose not to save and choose to live beyond their means.  It is not my fault if they choose this and then realize it may have been a bad choice after the fact.  If someone chooses to do this, it is not the governments responsibility to take care of them if they cannot maintain their lifestyle.





A gesture that will create more jobs for people and generate more revenue and income while we figure out the solution to alternative fuel sources.  We can talk about how we should use less oil all we want, but the odds are we are not going to do it.  We have to find the balance with a way to maintain our lifestyle and find viable alternative fuel sources as well.  I said nothing of the government paying for drilling oil anywhere, private companies should do it, and those private companies who develop alternative fuel sources must make them economically viable without government help to bring them to the market.  I am against any subsidies that the government pays to private business.


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