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Have you ever looked at those projections for a decade or two hence? Legolas Send a noteboard - 16/04/2011 10:13:12 PM
I dont understand how it remains a problem if you have enough revenue to cover it. So called "entitlement problem" is the problem only if you don't have money to pay for it. Otherwise, it's not a problem.

Even if you suppose you can raise tax revenue by cutting loopholes and forcing large companies to pay more taxes - whether that'll work or have the desired effect is another question, and one I don't feel particularly qualified to answer - it would only give you a little bit of respite. Social Security and Medicare are set on a growth path that will rapidly make them take up such huge parts of the budget that adjustments in other parts of the budget will make little difference. One way or another, the growth of those two programs has to be radically slowed down - or else the government will rapidly find itself unable to fund other important services. And frankly, I'm not sure merely cutting back waste and fraud will be enough.
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Several basics facts about US Debt and Spending..... - 16/04/2011 04:41:55 AM 1125 Views
Well ... at least we've been here before ... ? - 16/04/2011 06:41:00 AM 645 Views
Guess we should have okay'd those death panels for old people then. Big money saver. *NM* - 16/04/2011 03:38:00 PM 331 Views
Yeah, those old people are draining the system..... - 16/04/2011 06:57:59 PM 626 Views
You're already worse off than much of Europe, honestly. - 16/04/2011 04:08:37 PM 762 Views
Re: You're already worse off than much of Europe, honestly. - 17/04/2011 01:33:31 AM 738 Views
Balancing our budget would be easy. - 16/04/2011 06:46:32 PM 580 Views
Also on the buying drugs from Canada idea - 16/04/2011 08:17:26 PM 691 Views
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Re: Also on the buying drugs from Canada idea - 18/04/2011 05:16:14 PM 901 Views
Funny you mentioned WWII and 1968. Can you put tax rates at these times as well? - 16/04/2011 07:50:09 PM 1069 Views
Not really. Even if you can substantially raise tax revenue, the entitlement problem remains. *NM* - 16/04/2011 08:25:26 PM 289 Views
Re: Not really. Even if you can substantially raise tax revenue, the entitlement problem remains. - 16/04/2011 09:19:40 PM 733 Views
Have you ever looked at those projections for a decade or two hence? - 16/04/2011 10:13:12 PM 675 Views
Yes I have - 16/04/2011 10:44:50 PM 803 Views
Erm, and you think total health care spending is not getting out of control? I'm a little confused. - 16/04/2011 11:02:52 PM 735 Views
Yes it's going out of control - 16/04/2011 11:17:59 PM 674 Views
Good, we agree on that much then. - 17/04/2011 09:59:17 AM 665 Views
Sorry, but that is a stupid opinion..... - 16/04/2011 08:38:35 PM 642 Views
Sounds like another bull. - 16/04/2011 09:31:05 PM 912 Views
Dude, the data is the data.....tax revenue increased all three times. - 16/04/2011 09:47:37 PM 850 Views
As I suspected, it's a bull. - 16/04/2011 10:02:05 PM 783 Views
Stop being a fool - read and react to the data provided, posting something..... - 16/04/2011 10:14:11 PM 544 Views
Response is - 16/04/2011 10:19:00 PM 765 Views
Good lord.....it's like talking to a brick. I really hope you are 12 or 13. - 16/04/2011 10:28:44 PM 761 Views
Re: Good lord.....it's like talking to a brick. I really hope you are 12 or 13. - 16/04/2011 10:47:24 PM 720 Views
I take it you mean "rate of revenue growth decreases". - 16/04/2011 11:11:19 PM 619 Views
Re: I take it you mean "rate of revenue growth decreases". - 16/04/2011 11:26:02 PM 769 Views
Additional point - 16/04/2011 11:37:17 PM 773 Views
I've just noticed that you've provided charts from Heritage Foundation! Are you f.. kidding me? - 16/04/2011 10:13:46 PM 641 Views
All the data is via CBO - do you know that the CBO is? - 16/04/2011 10:16:08 PM 651 Views
Re: All the data is via CBO - do you know that the CBO is? - 16/04/2011 10:27:01 PM 767 Views
Nice try.....care to explain why the same exact thing happened..... - 16/04/2011 10:35:44 PM 579 Views
Re: Nice try.....care to explain why the same exact thing happened..... - 16/04/2011 10:49:33 PM 709 Views
Krugman is a shill for the Obama administration. - 17/04/2011 02:34:50 AM 592 Views
Re: Krugman is a shill for the Obama administration. - 17/04/2011 03:50:24 AM 815 Views
Some obesrvations by Republican economists - 18/04/2011 12:27:04 AM 951 Views
You mean the Keynesian economist who wrote The Failure of Reaganomics - 18/04/2011 04:00:52 PM 583 Views
Re: You mean the Keynesian economist who wrote The Failure of Reaganomics - 18/04/2011 05:36:44 PM 571 Views
Useless fact about our presidents since 1945. - 17/04/2011 09:20:16 PM 817 Views
Re: Several basics facts about US Debt and Spending..... - 20/04/2011 03:51:19 PM 1001 Views

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