[j.argese]

Not self-isolating yet.

[central_va]

Unless you are ready to get solidly behind a really high import tariff to protect industry and to raise revenue then the please shut up about the deficit. I cannot take the hypocrisy.

[central_va]

A 20%-25% import tariff would solve all of our financial and most of out socio-econmaic problems.

[BDParrish]

FReegards j!

I did not follow you with this, sorry.
If you are trying to be provocative, I think I understand but that is way too deep for us.
I do follow Bill Still on YouTube. Is that where you are coming from?
Be safe over there. Don’t panic, but don’t be getting too close either. Keep telling the young people to wash their hands, it really does work!

[Ouderkirk]

It started with the invention of double entry accounting.

[OIFVeteran]

I’ve looked at our debt over our history. Hate to say this but our current problems started under Reagan. The debt exploded under him, the biggest increase during peace time. It has continued to explode under every other President, except for Clinton.

Democrats have always been a tax and spend party. Starting with Reagan Republicans became cut taxes and spend party.

Don’t get me wrong I think Reagan, overall, was a great President. But he did light the fuse on this debt bond that is going to, most probably, take us down.

[DoodleDawg]

The Democrats don’t care about the deficit unless a Republican is in the White House. And the Republicans don’t care about the deficit unless a Democrat is in the White House. It’s always been that way.

[trebb]

You have no idea of how close we are to a depression and how that will affect millions upon millions of Middle Class and below Americans...not going into submissive lock-down is understandable, not using the newly coined “Social Distancing” is plain stupid...as is the ignorant assertion we cannot be broken.

[oincobx]

“You know, Paul, Reagan proved deficits don’t matter” - Dick Cheney to Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill

[BikerTrash]

mark

[j.argese]

And Corona Virus bill merges Treasury and Fed Reserve. Feddie go “bye-bye”!
Now, I’m not an economist. But what difference does that make, most economists couldn’t find their ass with GPS and both hands. About a 23% of that 20 trillion debt is money the government owes itself. You know, that cash you put in that cigar box you’re saving for that new fishing rod or golf clubs, then your ol’ lady finds it and starts screeching at you?
You figure out the rest, unless, of course, you’re playing the willful ignorance game. In that case, nothing’s going to help you.