Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
 
Old 09-26-2009, 04:08 PM
 
Location: Live in NY, work in CT
11,295 posts, read 18,882,521 times
Reputation: 5126

Advertisements

I was pretty skeptical at first when reading this article as it sounds like what Germany did after WW I to their peril, but was pretty surprised that (obviously well before our current crisis) this idea originated with supply-side father and inventor of Reaganomics Milton Friedman, it doesn't seem like something he would advocate:

Either pay the national debt with monetary reform or kiss your assets goodbye

What do you think?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 09-26-2009, 04:22 PM
 
19,226 posts, read 15,318,165 times
Reputation: 2337
I ain't sayin' nuthin - and that doesn't make me a nuthiner, either - I'm Pro Say as a new morn day, and ain't a nuther, neither.

http://yeli.us/Flash/Fire.html

Last edited by ergohead; 09-26-2009 at 04:34 PM..
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 06-03-2010, 09:30 PM
 
Location: state of procrastination
3,485 posts, read 7,309,853 times
Reputation: 2913
I read the article. Interesting but bogus. I don't know about everybody else, but I have the money saved up to pay my share. And my income was between 17-25k for the first 10 years I was working, and less than 40k on average for the last 2 years. I think it is erroneous to think that we can't pay it off. People just don't want to. A bunch of LOSERS and SPENDERS with excuses.

I can pay my share today. But will anyone else do it?

The problem with people nowadays (esp here in the USA) is an extreme shortsightedness and unwillingness to take radical action against radical outcomes. The interest alone is enough to kill us in a few decades... pay now, or we are going to pretty much be owned by China.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
Similar Threads

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 08:42 AM.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top