How the government can be debt free in 6 months

Legalize recreational drugs and sell the stash they have confiscated. Then tax mary jane like they do cigarettes. And oh yes legalize consentual sex for money and tax it.
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Bob DeWoody

Tax organized religion and organized crime. Close 70% of overseas bases, fire 50% of federal, state, local, gov't workers. Place a 25% tax on all goods from China.

I will again point you to Neil Stephensons Snow Crash for the dystopian future that awaits us if you had your way
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End terrorism by building a school

Thank you Skil. Like so many honors i am afraid that it might be suffocating.

Actually, I think it would be better to take in each other's washing to help pay for the current debt problem and the bankruptcy which is coming.

amen brother
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Another scenario, which actually seems more likely to be materializing, is the eventual bankruptcy of nations (US, Greece, etc) and national unions (EU, etc), leading to the privitization of national services (police, military, schools, etc) through various mega-corporations, eventually leading to those corporations becoming the de facto governments and powers-that-be of the world. This has been a common theme in most Cyberpunk-style Science Fiction of past years, but aside from all the news articles we've all seen about the financial woes, bailouts and national economies being stressed to the breaking point lately, some recent news pieces that show things are moving in this direction include the fact that Apple now has more available cash on hand than the US Treasury ($76 Billion vs $74 Billion).

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2020490/Apple-cash-USA-Treasury-debt-crisis-continues.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Regardless of the actual outcome, it is becoming increasingly obvious that, to quote the ancient Chinese proverb/curse, we live in "interesting times".
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Of course the government could sell Congress, oh wait, that has already been done.
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I believe Germany paid that back. Berlin could not have survived without the help.
Not living in Germany right now, can't comment on Ms Merkel. Her Goverment must be doing something right tho, the economy seems to be improving at a good clip.

I believe Germany paid that back. Berlin could not have survived without the help.
Not living in Germany right now, can't comment on Ms Merkel. Her Goverment must be doing something right tho, the economy seems to be improving at a good clip.

If you are referring to war debts by countries that the USA helped out during and after WW II I read a long time ago that France was the only country that never paid off it's war debt.

Maybe we could sell off half our carrier fleet, three to Russia and three to China and wait for them to duke it out and offer our services to whichever side offers the most money.

The article you linked to only mentioned that GB just recently paid off it's war debt. I didn't find any reference to other countries that didn't pay.
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Bob DeWoody

heh small timers. thats not even a trillion yet
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End terrorism by building a school

I believe Germany paid that back. Berlin could not have survived without the help.
Not living in Germany right now, can't comment on Ms Merkel. Her Goverment must be doing something right tho, the economy seems to be improving at a good clip.

If you are referring to war debts by countries that the USA helped out during and after WW II I read a long time ago that France was the only country that never paid off it's war debt.

Tax organized religion and organized crime. Close 70% of overseas bases, fire 50% of federal, state, local, gov't workers. Place a 25% tax on all goods from China.

ABD in Operations Research from University of Illinois.

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