06-23-2015, 01:16 PM
(06-23-2015, 12:04 PM)rayray Wrote: I don't want to sound like I'm bashing the United States but our government at all levels need to take budgeting more serious, the waste is undeniably horrible. Instead of raising taxes or reallocating taxes they just need to budget the books properly. If any of us followed in the footsteps of our government with managing our daily lives, we'd be all broke and homeless.
I wonder if this thread should be in the "Off Topic" section? lol
Thanks 800! My blood is starting to boil lol.
Well... It started as tax ideas that will benefit DGI, but I may have got carried-away. Usually I keep my politics in the voting booth, but this is so freakin obvious, and it irritates me that nothing ever gets done. Greenspan, Bernanke, and Yellen have all said something to the effect of, "We have accommodating policy." The Fed is accommodating un-stimulative fiscal policy and if you watch the Chairmen/woman in Congressional meetings they suggest Congress attempt stimulative fiscal policy. The closest thing we get to fiscal stimulus is the Bailout, which didn't represent justice in any way.
So, back to your frustrations on government spending... I agree that a lot of it is a waste, and I don't think anybody would disagree, (Dems & Rep both agree on it). It definitely needs to be cleaned-up, but just because I have supply-side tendencies, doesn't mean I don't believe in Keynes. Government spending can and does have a stimulative effect too. I don't think everything in supply-side is mutually exclusive from everything in Keynes.