Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 01-02-2011, 07:51 PM
 
7,550 posts, read 11,447,470 times
Reputation: 3701

Advertisements

I saw Ron Paul on John Stossel's show yesterday(sat). They were talking about what would happen if the gov't were to increase spending cuts making gov't smaller. They were discussing what would happen to the poor if gov't became smaller. Ron Paul said that by making gov't smaller people would become wealthier because they would be keeping more of their money that's being taxed to fund larger gov't and this would end up making people wealthier. Do you see spending cuts making people wealthier in this way?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 01-02-2011, 08:04 PM
 
Location: Dallas
31,302 posts, read 20,858,749 times
Reputation: 9345
Yes. Absolutely !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-02-2011, 08:06 PM
 
Location: Michigan
5,376 posts, read 5,367,164 times
Reputation: 1633
Quote:
Originally Posted by Motion View Post
I saw Ron Paul on John Stossel's show yesterday(sat). They were talking about what would happen if the gov't were to increase spending cuts making gov't smaller. They were discussing what would happen to the poor if gov't became smaller. Ron Paul said that by making gov't smaller people would become wealthier because they would be keeping more of their money that's being taxed to fund larger gov't and this would end up making people wealthier. Do you see spending cuts making people wealthier in this way?

Only those who are already wealthy.

Doubling or Quadrupling nothing is still nothing.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-02-2011, 08:07 PM
 
20,947 posts, read 19,134,026 times
Reputation: 10270
yes.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-02-2011, 08:11 PM
 
Location: maryland
3,966 posts, read 6,894,835 times
Reputation: 1743
no because spending cuts do not equal tax cuts....the fed aint getting any smaller....ever....so why conservatives rail on and on about this is beyond me. Plus in practice they add just as much to government as the democrats.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-02-2011, 08:18 PM
 
Location: Southern California
15,080 posts, read 20,561,665 times
Reputation: 10343
I'm willing to give it a chance. Who is going to pull the trigger to do it?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-02-2011, 09:20 PM
 
7,237 posts, read 12,798,303 times
Reputation: 5669
Quote:
Originally Posted by Motion View Post
...Ron Paul...John Stossel...
LMAO!!!

These are the same guys who think we don't need any regulations in commerce and we should get rid of civil rights laws (straight out the loony bin).
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-02-2011, 09:21 PM
 
7,237 posts, read 12,798,303 times
Reputation: 5669
Quote:
Originally Posted by plannine View Post
Only those who are already wealthy.

Doubling or Quadrupling nothing is still nothing.
Bingo!!!
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-02-2011, 09:23 PM
 
Location: Earth
24,620 posts, read 28,389,691 times
Reputation: 11416
Let's get rid of the military industrial complex.
That would make government smaller.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-02-2011, 09:30 PM
 
Location: Denver
1,788 posts, read 2,497,754 times
Reputation: 1057
Quote:
Originally Posted by chielgirl View Post
Let's get rid of the military industrial complex.
That would make government smaller.

Amazon.com: House of War (9780618187805): James Carroll: Books

I reviewed the book for you...not going to happen. Nobody has ever made significant cuts to the Pentagons budget.

Eisenhower was a prophet.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:

Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
Similar Threads

All times are GMT -6.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top