The GOP can't help themselves

[Anonymous]

You obviously have only a marginal understanding of economics and investing behavior.

Only a small portion of that money will create new private sector jobs. Look at any diversified portFolio and this is obvious.

Second, our national debt is a drag on the economy. We need to get it paid down. Since no party will close the gap entirely with cuts, we need a tax increase or the problem persists.

[Anonymous]

Everything but defense will get cut, just a waiting game. Limited goverment is superior to socialism...see Europe. Europe needs us to defend them and they STILL are broke. If high taxes work why is Europe even more broke than we are.

[Anonymous]

Here's an idea. Spending freeze in government, no cuts. Print tons of money and lower the value of the dollar thereby cutting government without making any budget cuts!

[Anonymous]

That would also increase tax revenue, its just that the dollar would be worth less.

[Anonymous]

And it would reflate real estate and end forclosures plus make paying back the chinese with inflated dollars both easier and funny at the same time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's an idea. Spending freeze in government, no cuts. Print tons of money and lower the value of the dollar thereby cutting government without making any budget cuts!

We are already printing tons of money - why do you think the price is gas is rising? The more we devalue our dollar, the more we pay for goods on the international marked. Printing money, instead of addressing the spending issue, is a hidden tax increase on everyone who uses petroleum products - I guess this is all of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's an idea. Spending freeze in government, no cuts. Print tons of money and lower the value of the dollar thereby cutting government without making any budget cuts!

We are already printing tons of money - why do you think the price is gas is rising? The more we devalue our dollar, the more we pay for goods on the international marked. Printing money, instead of addressing the spending issue, is a hidden tax increase on everyone who uses petroleum products - I guess this is all of us.

That's not why the price of gas is rising. The global price of a barrel of oil went up, mostly due to conflict in oil producing regions.

If our currency was the problem, other commodities would have gone up by the same amount.