Wouldn’t the best fiscal policy be NOT spending first?

[OddBeMe]

So we’re so stupid we blow through money and then take a stand when it’s time to lay down the card…

But apparently the GOP changes will end up costing more than saving. So literally stupid.

Yes

No

[goaded]

The IRS cuts will cost twice what they'll "save", too. www.budget.senate.gov/.../irs-cuts-to-add-19-billion-to-deficit-cbo-finds

[OddBeMe]

And poor seniors on SNAP pay the difference. USA!

[goaded]

It's the one government department that earns the government more money than it pays into it.

[richardcory]

Managing money at the national level is very complicated, with a lot of non-obvious side effects. The government has a (virtual) printing press - they can create money at will - with the obvious cost being inflation. Managing money so as to keep the economy running smoothly is not at all easy - as can be seen from all the countries that have failed.

[Anonymous]

We have wrote Ukraine a blank check and are about to print more money to completely update the US military to face China this after the banking crisis and war on terror, that shit that went down in Syria so inflation is going to mess everything anyhow.

[Anonymous]

10% of the Covid relief money went to Americans for Covid relief.

[OddBeMe]

I will say PPP helped my business. But yes in percentage terms, big corporations sucked up billions greedily and not needing it. They just saw they’re bottom lines dip a bit and freaked out.

[Juxtapose]

If we got rid of the central banking system and massively reformed our government then we could tackle this effectively I believe. We're too corrupt, we should have never had something like a standing army or a central banking system.

[Stoner710]

Explain to me why people should not work to get food stamp benefits?