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Old 04-10-2020, 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by tophcfa View Post
I have a novel idea. Once the covid 19 thing is behind us and the economy normalizes, how about getting back to the good old days where the government runs a budget surplus during good times and uses the surplus to pay down debt.

It's called fiscal responsibility, and it involves cutting spending, not looking for ways to tax people. Defecit spending is acceptable during crisis times like we are now in, but is unsustainable when done year after year as has become the new norm.
Let me see, how many years ago were we deficit free, I know, do you, hmmmmmm!