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Originally Posted by fotze
What I don't understand is all of a sudden all these "experts" are experts on how to fix the problem. None of them saw it coming, the biggest "experts" actually caused this problem/destroyed the world/etc, yet now they know exactly how to fix it. Sorry but I call bullsh$t. What this has taught us tis that no one knows anything and evry expert is about promoting themself first and looking out for number one.
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Couldn't agree more.
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Originally Posted by fotze
I am skeptical as hell about the spending your way out of debt technique but not because of any of these ######bags says so.
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Well, I think massive spending did help bring the nation out of the great depression. (obviously there were other factors too, like the war) I think the biggest thing to make sure of is that, the money that is being spent, is being spent on important sustainable things. Things that create jobs, encourage new sectors, set up the future for positive change (as has been mentioned education, which will also help in the new jobs category).
I can see why some people are very scared about some of the projects that have been approved. While I think this bill is one of the most debated and planned bills in recent memory, I also think it's still a little too 'business as usual' and is still not good enough. There's still congressional games, bi-partisan politics, and pork.
I really really don't know if this will get fixed from within the government unless it gets to true crisis levels. By then, there is no point anyway, that's supposed to be what the government is preventing.
Eventually, whether it's near in the future, or somewhere further down the road, this downspin WILL change how things are done in Washington. If the politicians and people of power are smart, they will grow up and play nice and fix it now. And they will get to keep a lot of their power.
But if they don't, things will eventually get changed drastically, because the country will be affected drastically. And even from a selfish standpoint, those in power should realize that is something they don't want.