(08-06-2025, 07:29 PM)FCD Wrote: If we could ever get serious for a minute about paying some of this stuff down (like..."we're gonna' wire the money today"...kind of serious), we could probably take nearly 100% write downs/discounts on all those billions in interest. Even the mere thought of interest on some of this stuff pisses me off! Reason being, "interest" in this context is so frigging nebulous. It's interest on loans taken out on taxpayer's behalf, which is largely payable to these same taxpayers! It's ridiculous. Now, I'm sure the greedy-ass banks will try to jump in and get a piece of that pie, which they'll claim are "administrative fees", but even then it's only a small percentage of the total tax obligation. The whole notion of this thought just makes me want to scream! Only problem is, there's not really only one person to scream at. The whole thing is the biggest circle jerk in American history! And, nobody ever questions anything (which is what I was referring to above with society just being terminally lazy). To question it means getting your shit together, getting your facts straight, and all your paperwork in order. Without that, these thieving idiots in DC will steal all our money and we'll never see it again...and they WILL too! Won't even bat an eye doing it either. And do you know why?
Because they know the vast majority of American taxpayers are too stupid to even try to understand the problem, let alone try to fix it. And the reason for that is...because they'd have to get their fat, lazy, asses up off the f'ing couch and turn of the MF'ing "View"! OMG, it just makes me crazy even thinking about it!!! (or, should I say crazy-er).
The other thing is, even beyond the lazy part, don't let yourself get too distracted with all this "noize" (and, that's just what it is too) with the subject people just LOVE to use in order to make the whole problem seem unsolvable, and that is this whole disparity thing, and/or wealth distribution (i.e. super rich vs. common person). People have to understand and accept that there are select individuals who have insulated and isolated themselves sixteen ways from Sunday on ever being connected to the solution. Seriously, people just need to get over this! They will NEVER be part of the solution, they just won't. So, as long as we allow people to keep spewing this bullshit nonsense and using it as an excuse for doing nothing, then things will never change. Trump has 'some' of the solution right, but he doesn't have it all, and he can't do it all himself, and he certainly can't/won't finish the job in 3.5 years. But at least he's trying, and that's a start. But "We the People" have a role in all of this too.
I don't think Trump is a God, far from it. He's just a person. He's got flaws; we all do. He'll make mistakes, some of them colossal blunders even, but he does get back up again after getting knocked down. The problems weren't caused only by Trump, and he won't fix them single-handedly. America has to be prepared to carry this torch forward as long as it takes also.
In order to save a person's life, you have to perform the ABC's (Airway, Breathing, and Cardiac). America's 'airway' is obviously clear, else all these knuckleheads wouldn't have the time or energy to bitch about every single damn thing under the Sun. America is breathing just fine too, and America has a pulse. So the ABC's are covered (for the moment). In critical Trauma care, the next thing you look for is major blood-loss. Well, America is not as fortunate in that department. No, America is mortally wounded and the bleeding out badly. The first thing which has to be done is stop the blood loss, and this is where Trump is at least trying. We have to cut the reckless spending. We don't have to cut the spending completely, but we have end the reckless, insane, spending on everything imaginable. Just stop it! And, not next next month or next week either, no, RIGHT F'ing NOW! TODAY! The next step is to start locating all the bullet holes and stab wounds. This is where the American people come into play. We do this through learning and understanding the problem(s), and not burying our head's in the sand or hiding under our beds. We get up, get out, and face the damn problems. First we identify, then we categorize into the first two main buckets. When an issue gets brought up it either goes in the "Bullshit Excuses" bucket, OR it goes into the "Needs a Realistic Solution" bucket. In other words, we remove the "noize", and strip the problem down naked. Now we've got something we can work with. Then it's time to roll up our sleeves, dump the 'Needs Solution' bucket out onto the table and start going about sorting through it, splitting it up, assigning responsibilities, and kickin' some ass.
Is it easy? Not even. Will it happen overnight? Nope! But we have to stick with it, keep pushing, and just grind it out. It's the ONLY way, there is no 'easy way' (and only during the commercial breaks on The View (Gawd, I just loathe that program to the very bottom of my very soul and with a purple passion!)). When we let people point fingers, they're just making excuses and not trying hard enough. They're telling you, right to your face, they have no intention of trying to solve the problem.
And at the end of the day, you ask America if they know what all that's called(?) It's called..."The American Way", and we take the good with the bad (always have)...because...America!
People, if allowed to their lazy devices, will come up with every excuse imaginable to make the problem look impossible to solve, and portray themselves as an insignificant drop of water in a vast ocean (as an excuse). Then they'll gladly go sit their fat asses back down on the couch and grab the remote. It's all complete and utter bullshit, it really is!
Yeeh getting really serious and actually do something is required , to ultimately get results needed .
I am really bad with economy , and so my understanding to these are very limited as something this big
I did noticed this odd detail , it seems government admitted in its 2024 Financial Report that it is financially unaccountable .
Truthstream Media
And : Ongoing Weaknesses Prevent GAO from Providing Opinion on U.S. Government's Financial Statements
Improper Payments: Information on Agencies' Fiscal Year 2024 Estimates
Personnally , i dont think the current tariff policy is good for American economy , not any trade wars with any country . Tariffs are like taxes , and when John Doe have less money to use ....buy things in their daily life , that money is missing in the American economy ...less spending . If people will have generally less money to use monthy to buy everything , i dont understand how that can be a good thing. But then again, i am not good with economy
