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Stop the Machine! (anyone seen this?)
kyrathaba:
Because if people acted more responsibly, there would be significantly less unaddressed human needs -and fewer unrealistic attitudes surrounding the notion of 'entitlement.'
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Amen!
rmorrison100:
This is the first time I see this.
Deozaan:
The recent spending cuts have not significantly changed that in fact. They are minor in relation to the total deficit and spending.
- Oshyan
-JavaJones (August 11, 2011, 02:47 PM)
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From Dave Ramsey: "If the US government was a family, they would be making $58,000 a year and they would spend $75,000 a year and are $327,000 in credit card debt. They are currently proposing BIG spending cuts to reduce their spending to $72,000 a year. These are the actual proportions of the federal budget and debt reduced to a level we can understand."
And another (from Facebook, not Dave Ramsey):
Some perspective on the US Debt. Too many zeros to understand? Let's remove 8 zeros and pretend it is the budget for a family:
Total annual family income: $21,700
Amt of money family spent: $38,200
Amt of new credit card debts: $16,500
Outstanding debt on credit card: $142,710
Amount cut from the annual budget: $385 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And we are surprised S&P cut them?
Jeesh. Any bank would have bankrupted the family already.
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Rover:
OP: That's some scary stuff.
"Tax the rich.." Wow that sounds great. Those "Rich." Except the left a word off... Rich People. They're people; they've earned or inherited their money. Why does it belong to someone else? Oh and by the way, those Rich People already pay most of the taxes.
According to the principles on which the US of A was founded, You are responsible for you; Not the government. It's frightening that so many people want to turn their (or more likely, someone else's) money over to the government for "correct distribution." The government. Really? Isn't this the same wasteful government that we railed about for spending $200 for a hammer?
These people (see links in the OP) are just manipulating voters to gain more power. It's sad that so many are ready to blindly follow.
zridling:
From Dave Ramsey: "If the US government was a family, they would be making $58,000 a year and they would spend $75,000 a year and are $327,000 in credit card debt. They are currently proposing BIG spending cuts to reduce their spending to $72,000 a year. These are the actual proportions of the federal budget and debt reduced to a level we can understand."-Deozaan (August 11, 2011, 07:28 PM)
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Except a "family" can't print its own money. Tell Dave to get a real job and stop ripping people off with his seminars. ;D
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