Democrats and Republicans in Washington don’t like to compromise anymore. But when they did, this is how it often went:
Democrats like more spending and more taxes. Republicans like less spending and less taxes. The compromise: More spending and less taxes.
But that was okay because economists say that the more the government spends, the more the economy gets stimulated. And they also say that the less the rich are taxed, the more they trickle down upon us in the form of jobs.
I say they ought to start compromising again, and increase spending to about 100 trillion dollars a year, while reducing everyone’s taxes down to 1%. This will cause our economy to explode at warp speed, with astronomical profits for gazillionaires everywhere. And then the gazillionaires will trickle down a torrent upon the heads of the poverty-stricken.
How could anyone lose with a compromise like that?
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Chasing Unicorns 
Good compromises are like equations, they have to balance. Which means somebody’s taxes have to pay for all that spending. Democrats are like Robin Hood, well-intentioned bandits who tax the rich and distribute the spoils to the poor. Republicans, on the other hand, give tax breaks to the rich to insure they get re-elected, and throw paper towels to the poor. That’s my understanding. I vote for the bandits because I firmly believe man cannot live on paper towels alone. End of rant. 🙂
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There’s something kind of heroic and noble about Robin Hood. Then again, the Republicans are the movers and shakers of commerce. The two mindsets seem to have been battling for thousands of years. I suspect we need them both, otherwise one side would have already defeated the other.
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So are you submitting your suggestion to Congress? Or perhaps you should run for Congress first, they may listen to you more. Sounds like a good plan to me! 🙂
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If I ever did run for Congress, I think that would be my platform. It would appeal to and draw votes from both sides. How could I lose?
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Exactly!
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Considering that there was no negative consequence to getting cash from a teller at the local bank while wearing a face mask… just might work!
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Really? These are some nutty times we’re living in.
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To be honest, I’m not sure “debt” really means anything other than the risk that it won’t be repaid anymore. Modern fiat currency is merely speculated against the perceived value of the country that represents it, and even what’s presumed to “exist” isn’t actually represented by anything material.. not even a physical reserve note. The only risk is that enough of population either loses faith, or access to that faith.
Since (nearly) every country in the world is presently bailing itself out, the relative value of international money supplies has increased mostly proportionally (maybe invest in New Taiwan Dollars?). And arbitrageurs will ultimately equalize the relative values of all that speculation. So unless we simply print (or code) so much money that it floods the world’s banks, all that debt represents little more than a redistribution of wealth. Where it get redistributed to, and whether or not that contributes to producing something of value is the bigger issue.
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That’s all very complex to me. The theory of money and debt and multifarious tranches of this and that, seems like a Byzantine map of blind alleys. Seems to me like nobody really knows what the hell’s going on. And maybe that’s the idea.
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My official response: www[DOT]youtube.com/watch?v=X_wHBlouFSc
*replace the… you know…
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Thanks, I got a good laugh out of that Ferris Bueller clip. I can relate to it, I guess.
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MMT makes my head hurt. I follow Tom Luongo and, even with his breakdowns & straight forward speech, it’s still a head scratcher.
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Just hang on to what you’ve got, and keep everyone’s hands out of your purse.
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I don’t have much and it is well hidden.
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Well, the less you have, the easier it is to hide.
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And, the quicker you go thru it…sigh
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Where it gets distributed to? It goes straight up to the .001%.
They are not the sharing kind.
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I never thought I would see the day…boggles the mind. The bank robbers of yesteryear are going…”Now, wait just a minute!”
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Americans generally want their politicians to tell them lies like this.
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Yeah, like “we’re gonna spend 100 billion dollars on this program,” or, “we’re gonna slash your taxes.” I guess it’s a tried and true formula.
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One side is in favor of big government except when it comes to the military and the other side is in favor of small government except when it comes to the military.
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Ain’t that the truth? That always gets me. And this is why no matter which side wins, the national debt will only grow bigger.
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Well…mommy & daddy prepped them for that, while still in diapers, with tales of Easter Bunnies & Santa Claus.
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I would be on the lookout for someone from the Nobel prize committee to be in touch with you…
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I know, huh? There is unrecognized talent here, that could save the world.
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you need to get your message out there on social media – maybe film a Tik Tok…
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I’ll leave that up to my publicist. But first I need to find someone to volunteer for the job.
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My vote is for Carolyn…
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Yikes!
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I don’t know… I can see the funny tweet storm from her. You are guaranteed a Nobel with her assistance. Or, or least, a fanciful trip with Betsy’s magical cow bell.
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No, she’ll just turn me into a duck.
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Is there a Nobel Duck prize?
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Yeah, the kind you have to duck, to keep from being hit by.
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LOL!
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You got my vote. Wait. Can I vote?
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Sure, just mail it in.
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Ok. ✉📫
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Shakes head. Let me count the ways.
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The count could go into the trillions.
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Truly!
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I know what will trickle down from the gazillionaires…and it won’t be money.
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