Let’s just say I am sufficiently armed to manage small crowd control. And it won’t take too much filing to make some of those fully automatic.

Wish we could take a hint on voluntarily reducing government. Unfortunately, we are “carring” too many people and companies right now.

Red, we seem to be cutting back on govt. voluntarily, which is a good thing, imagine, somebody wants to throw them out, so they decide not show up and be evicted. eh, it’s the canadian way.

??? T.V. what’s a T.V. geeez you yanks are always ahead of us.

Ed, where did you hear about T.V., you be shopping south of the border at one of those gadget stores again.

I wonder, though, about all these things being eliminated, don’t they just hurt the economy more by their absence?

Generally I don’t blame Wall Street. I blame a worldwide inflationary banking system that profits from bubbles, then gets bailed out when bubbles burst.

We could save something like 1.9 or 2 trillion dollars!

We could then pay off the debt in 5-7 years with the savings.

Hey Jack, just one other question…

Got Government?

As for you, Ed of Montreal, you can have my TV when you pry the remote control out of my cold dead fingers.

Not to be extreme, TV could always be re-introduced in an orderly way once things have been properly straightened out.

IE: Defence spending

Cut 711 billion in half and you would put 1,100 dollars in the pockets of every man woman and child in the US.

355 billion is still more than all of europe spends, and is almost 6 times what russia or china spends.

I know this subject is a sacred cow
but somebody has to say it.

No doubt the poor Indonesian blue tooth ear bud factory worker is raising a son or daughter who will either gravitate towards extremism or moderation….depending on which way the economic chips fall. Of course, in reality, maybe he’ll just blow the money on cheap beer.

Yes, this blog is quite hilarious. Real life necessary cuts lie in wasteful government spending, and on a personal level, perhaps society as a whole can at least start spending less than it makes.

The real problem is that Americans save too much money. The blinding obsession of saving for retirement, kids’ college expenses, and other “rainy day” events is what is really causing Americans to suffer.

People need to stop saving money and use it to pay for necessities and fun. Money should only be used to finance a cash-based lifestyle. People are in trouble because they have poor cash managment techniques.

People need to pay only for essentials. All other debt payments and savings should be disregarded. The only way to feel free is to have cash on hand to spend. Why give all of your money to bill collectors and bankers? Keep that money and have fun.