Unearned money should always have strings attached; so many strings that the money is barely worth taking.

If a state wants fed money, make it pay. Transfer state assets to the fed. Direct future state revenue streams to the fed. Strip state officials of their authority. By begging for a bailout, you are conceding failure and relinquishing your right to self management. If the fed credibly proposed this deal to the states, the states would suddenly realize that they can manage without federal intervention.

I read stuff like this and then hear about a possible economic recovery this summer. Then I laugh.



/Then I cry.

Il Douchey: Unearned money should always have strings attached; so many strings that the money is barely worth taking.

If a state wants fed money, make it pay. Transfer state assets to the fed. Direct future state revenue streams to the fed. Strip state officials of their authority. By begging for a bailout, you are conceding failure and relinquishing your right to self management. If the fed credibly proposed this deal to the states, the states would suddenly realize that they can manage without federal intervention.


Amen. What ever happened to trying to hold on to a little bit of pride? If the state governors get the money from the fed gov't, they will parade it around as a success and use it to show their subjects constituents how hard they are working for them.

Legalize Marijuana
tax the sales
Budget problems solved

/I'm hungry

frizzle65: Legalize Marijuana
tax the sales
Budget problems solved

/I'm hungry

This.

While you're at it, eliminate the national DHS police force (and the DHS) and the DEA. reduce our presence in Iraq until it costs about $10 million/day, and if the troops can't be safe for that get them out completely.

All the specific solutions suggested aside, I got a newsflash for you, kids:

TANSTAAFL

/obscure? I hope not.

Il Douchey: Unearned money should always have strings attached; so many strings that the money is barely worth taking.

If a state wants fed money, make it pay. Transfer state assets to the fed. Direct future state revenue streams to the fed. Strip state officials of their authority. By begging for a bailout, you are conceding failure and relinquishing your right to self management. If the fed credibly proposed this deal to the states, the states would suddenly realize that they can manage without federal intervention.

More importantly, where does the federal government get its money?-From Taxpayers

Where does the state get its money? from the SAME taxpayers

so how is this not massive robbery of Peter to pay Paul?

No. More. Bailouts.

frizzle65 2009-01-03 09:46:57 AM Legalize Marijuana tax the sales Budget problems solved /I'm hungry
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It's billions and billions just from the taxation alone. Not to mention that we could release millions of people from jails that don't deserve to be there (again, saving untold amounts of money) and not only THAT we can scale back the DEA.

Personally I'm against income taxes and sales taxes on essentials.

Instead, we should legalize and tax prostitution and marijuana and jack up the taxes on cigarettes and alcohol. Luxury taxes.

Where are we getting the money, out our asses?

loserkid182lr: Where are we getting the money, out our asses?

as I understand it, any state that manages it's money well and lives within it's means will have it's 'rainy day' fund looted by the federal government and given to states that have little or no fiscal responsibility. The rest of the money will comes from the floor joists and stripped off the walls as we've always done.

Magorn: More importantly, where does the federal government get its money?-From Taxpayers

It will get this spending from bonds. Which it will get from investors. In this crisis a modern version of 'war bonds' might be a good idea.

Noooooo!!!

If America falls prey to what's known as "the American system of Economics," outlined by Alexander Hamilton in the Articles of Manufactures, which we used for 200 years except for when Wilson, Hoover, Reagan or Bush obliterated our economy, and which generally led to a stable nation with constant growth and expanded infrastructure....

WE'LL DIE!

Undiluted: Noooooo!!!

If America falls prey to what's known as "the American system of Economics," outlined by Alexander Hamilton in the Articles of Manufactures, which we used for 200 years except for when Wilson, Hoover, Reagan or Bush obliterated our economy, and which generally led to a stable nation with constant growth and expanded infrastructure....

WE'LL DIE!

We would be a third world country right now if we had continued in Carter's way. How much inflation? Taxes that discouraged entrepreneurship. The beginning of the end was New Deal. Much like the Big Three, we are finally seeing the consequences for those actions.

Weaver95: No. More. Bailouts.

The cat is out of the bag. I'm afraid that it's simply too late now. Some of us warned about the dangers of such a large and out-of-control centralized government wielding the type of power that it has amassed. We saw this coming and we were laughed at. The naive will believe that the new administration will somehow give up this power to serve their well-connected business friends at the expense of the productive, contributing members of society.

loserkid182lr: Where are we getting the money, out our asses?

We're going to borrow it of course. China loves subsidizing our consumption.

Im calling my state senators now and telling them to vote in a billion dollars in new pork that we cant afford so we can also get bailed out like the big blue states.

frizzle65: Legalize Marijuana
tax the sales
Budget problems solved

/I'm hungry

Be Stupid......be stupider....tax stupidity.....problem solved.