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World’s First “Trillionaire” Offers to Pay Down U.S. National Debt
heritage.org ^ | 10/4/13 | Josh Shepherd

Posted on 10/06/2013 11:04:19 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

A restaurant manager from Tyler, Texas, briefly became the world’s first trillionaire earlier this week—until his $4 trillion bank balance was found to be an online glitch.

In an interview with KLTV, Reggie Theus said he would have used $3 trillion of his windfall to pay down the national debt.

(Excerpt) Read more at blog.heritage.org ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: billionaires; debt; nationaldebt; taxes; trillionaire
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...every American household would need to contribute $140,000 each to entirely pay down the national debt...
1 posted on 10/06/2013 11:04:20 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

Pretty nice of him, although that would only leave him $1 Trillion...and who could live on that?


2 posted on 10/06/2013 11:05:15 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

Certainly not bam bam


3 posted on 10/06/2013 11:06:28 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Hell, if he had 4 trillion he’d already be paying close to 3 trillion to the govt anyway in taxes.


4 posted on 10/06/2013 11:06:50 AM PDT by diverteach (If I find liberals in heaven after my death.....I WILL BE PISSED!!!)
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...until his $4 trillion bank balance was found to be an online glitch.

So, if they can do it why can't the govt.? Just reprogram the PC's and we're out of debt.

5 posted on 10/06/2013 11:07:29 AM PDT by raybbr (I weep over my sons' future in this Godforsaken country.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Very nice of him, he’s a generous guy.


6 posted on 10/06/2013 11:07:48 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: SoFloFreeper

He’s an enabler.


7 posted on 10/06/2013 11:08:46 AM PDT by Drawsing
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To: SoFloFreeper

I knew I should have gotten into restaurant management.


8 posted on 10/06/2013 11:09:13 AM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

if he did that he would be a national hero


9 posted on 10/06/2013 11:09:48 AM PDT by Mr. K (Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Reggie is going to be in a world of crap when the IRS sends him a tax bill for more than a trillion dollars.


10 posted on 10/06/2013 11:11:41 AM PDT by Oliviaforever
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To: Mr. K

3 trillion is about how much 0bamugabe increases the debt every year so it wouldn’t solve the problem.


11 posted on 10/06/2013 11:11:42 AM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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it wouldn’t solve it but it would help


12 posted on 10/06/2013 11:12:26 AM PDT by Mr. K (Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
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To: Mr. K

LOL OK.


13 posted on 10/06/2013 11:14:20 AM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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Reggie Theus said he would have used $3 trillion of his windfall to pay down the national debt.

Problem is Congress would also have seen it as a three trillion dollar windall and spent 7.

14 posted on 10/06/2013 11:17:30 AM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: SoFloFreeper

That’s a false headline. Quotation marks shouldn’t be used by journalists to convey irony or sarcasm.


15 posted on 10/06/2013 11:19:59 AM PDT by familyop
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To: SoFloFreeper
The CBO said that the total of unfunded liabilities totaled $72T. The government took $13.4T out of Social Security. Big numbers mean nothing to our simpleminded bureaucrats.
16 posted on 10/06/2013 11:21:29 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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Pretty soon - we’ll all be trillionaires.

With Fedzilla’s spending habits and no incentives to save - it’ll take $10,000 just to buy a loaf of bread.


17 posted on 10/06/2013 11:22:51 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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...every American household would need to contribute $140,000 each to entirely pay down the national debt...

Now add the fact that there are an additional 85 trillion in off the books liabilities for Social Security, Medicare, and other.

Now add in the fact that about half of the households are unable to support themselves.

We are way upside down and the first high wind that comes along will be a disaster.

18 posted on 10/06/2013 11:24:12 AM PDT by oldbrowser (We have a rogue government in Washington)
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To: familyop

Take it up with Heritage.


19 posted on 10/06/2013 11:25:22 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

Where did he get three of those trillion dollar coins? Better not give Barry any ideas.


20 posted on 10/06/2013 11:50:12 AM PDT by Defiant (A rainbow curtain has descended upon the west, from Munich to San Francisco.)
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