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Old 11-09-2012, 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by realcoray View Post
I don't think it's an us versus them, makers vs takers thing, you can't tax your way out of debt, and you can't cut your way out either. We all got some benefit out of the deficit spending, it's time we all got a little pain to pay for it and I feel like that's what is going to happen.

Pain isn't necessary for anybody. The best solution is to 'grow the economy'.

Instead of people bltching about the size of the slice of their pie you bake a bigger pie.

What kind of effect would there be on the Treasury if we put 10 million people back to work in the private sector so that they are paying taxes?