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Re: Federal debt

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Sat, 25 Nov 23 5:21 PM | 23 view(s)
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could we just hang them on gallows?

I think if you do just one, two at most the rest would think twice about having their neck snapped....

I like the idea....




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Re: Federal debt
By: Decomposed
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Sat, 25 Nov 23 3:37 PM
Msg. 47695 of 60008

micro:

Re: “Does anyone besides me believe in a balanced budget and NOT deficit spending?”
That sounds better than it is - primarily because the entire purpose of a fiat money system is to let the rulers spend without limit. If a Balanced Budget Amendment were passed, the rulers would include an emergency clause, then always come up with some emergency or another as reason to invoke the clause.

If we returned to backed money, it would be better, but there would eventually be violations of the backing agreement or a debasement of the backing. We saw how that works under Woodrow Wilson, FDR and Nixon.

The problem is that the rulers don't want monetary constraints, and there is no way to permanently constrain the people who have the power.






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