[Mr. Lucky]

So the government shouldn’t sell off any of its holdings?

[HeartlandOfAmerica]

Then what are they going to sell when they run out of thigs to sell?

Your stuff? Mine? If they can't make do on 3 trillion a year, before they even get to our stuff, it will have been taxed out from under us long before.

If three trillion a year ain't enough, NO amount will be.

And if you think about it, since we don't hear anything about spending cuts, just "revenue increases," it's 4.5 trillion.

I reiterate: If 4.5 trillion per year isn't enough, there isn't any amount that will EVER be.

[paint_your_wagon]

“So the government shouldn’t sell off any of its holdings?”

Not unless they demonstrate they will use the money wisely. As it stands this is probably more on par with a cocaine addict hocking the family silverware to get a quick fix.

The last thing the fedgov needs is more revenue. Congress needs to first demonstrate that it can create a budget and live with that before it just willy nilly gets any more money.

I swear, if they had an extra $100, there would be 535 of them scheming to spend $200 each. They need to go cold turkey.