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Originally Posted by bobnyce
There is no taxpayer money! Most of the budget is run on borrowed money. Taxpayers hardly pay the operating cost of government today. We are operating on the backs of our grandchildren who will never pay off the debt we have left them. If you think the admitted debt is all there is, try asking about all of the unfunded pension promises at the local, school, county, state and federal level that no one ever talks about. We are broke!!!! So how do we fix it - borrow more money from China and ourselves. How about that. We have no money, but we believe we do, so we print more based on the Government's promise that someday we will be able to pay it to ourselves! If you really do believe then I have a bridge for sale. What we have done to our successors, children and grandchildren is inexplicable and disgusting but then again - we got ours let them get theirs!
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Reliably predicting the future isn’t humanly possible.
Remember when we would forever be energy dependent? No hope of any meaningful energy autonomy. Remember standing in line to buy high-priced, scarce gas?
Remember when global cooling and holes in the ozone were going to kill every living thing on planet earth?
Remember when statistical modeling would reliably predict contagious spread and how many would die?
The future is (thankfully) not within our knowledge bank. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be good stewards. Those who have been given much will have more to answer for.