[muawiyah]

Ben and others can be almost terminally stupid at times.

We have a large national debt. We have a lot of current bills. Tax revenues are falling short of the need.

So, what to do ~ well, you could raise taxes, or you could lower expenses, or both.

You can also SELL or RENT your vast storehouse of NATIONAL ASSETS.

There's also something to be said for collecting fees for protection by our foreign fleets!

What we have is a problem of vision ~ not of money to pay the bills.

[Last Dakotan]

You can also SELL or RENT your vast storehouse of NATIONAL ASSETS.

You could also auction citizenship. Rather we seem to be fixated on having the world's poorest and least educated offered it.