Will somebody explain how Bush expects the USA to pay off its....

[wake.up.america]

debts? What is his public position? Lower taxes generate more spending by rich people?

The rich are getting another huge tax cut!

I'm lost!

[kaygore]

1. Print money 24/7/365

[havocmom]

16. Already have plans to outsource the printing of that money

in the event bird flu stops the presses here. Seriously. They are gonna print our currency elsewhere if things get bad enough.

So, America, do you feel safer knowing the plates to print our cash could be sent overseas? Guess we don't have enough problems with counterfeit money already.

[kaygore]

25. I hadn't heard about this!

Print our money overseas!

[leeroysphitz]

28. "Print our money overseas!" Why not? They own more of this

nation than we do at this point. Let's just eliminate the "middle man"... :sarcasm:

[kaygore]

29. Good point

[havocmom]

31. google: bird flu + printing money overseas

Results: about 462,000 for bird flu + printing money overseas. (0.96 seconds)

Another hair-brained idea from the folks who ate cake while NOLA went underwater

By Nedra Pickler, AP 04/17/06 7:53 AM PT

amazed it wasn't on the news much?

The response plan, assembled by the president's Homeland Security Council, lays out who should be the first vaccinated, proposes that other countries make U.S. money if domestic locations cannot operate. The plan anticipates that employees could strain Internet capacity while working from home computers.

...

Federal officials say the first case of bird flu could show up in the United States in the coming weeks or months as birds migrate from overseas. President Bush is expected to approve a national response plan in the next week or two laying out how agencies should respond if it were transmitted to humans.

The plan assumes a worst-case scenario that as many as 90 million people in the U.S. would become sick and 2 million would die during a worldwide flu pandemic.

It envisions people may need to avoid human contact and stay home from work, school and other large gathering places, according to officials familiar with draft. Some details of the draft, first in Sunday's Washington Post, were confirmed by officials at the White House who spoke anonymously because the plan has not been finalized.

Are we safer yet? :scared:

[Options Remain]

2. simple chapter 7 the country

and sell of its assetts to the highets bidder.

[Norquist Nemesis]

3. Answer: Put the Democrats in charge

Bush is already crossing off days on his calendar before he can permanently clear brush. He doesn't care.

[Chimichurri]

22. yup. Then when dems raise taxes to save our economy the

republicans will use that as an issue for the next election. The dopes who weren't paying attention will fall for it - again.

[rpgamerd00d]

4. Pay? I thought this here little plastic credit card meant it was free!

[spanone]

5. Not his problem....future generations...He could care less about me or you

I take that back he does care to know our phone numbers, e-mail addresses etc,etc,etc,

[Marr]

6. If there were no taxes, the government would be flush with cash!

Yeah- that makes sense!

[BeachBuckeye]

7. Simple. Just tell them "screw you" we're not paying you!

Whacha gonna do about it? Huh? Thats the Bush plan.

[Skink]

8. Again we all know deficits don't matter.

Geez.:wtf:

[RaleighNCDUer]

9. Not a problem.

The rapture will be the ultimate Jubilee year when all debts are forgiven - the faithful will go away and the rest of us will get what we deserve.

I want a reset button.

[riona]

24. I was sitting here really thinking about the

deficit problem - and then I read your post! Whew! I forgot about the Rapture. We're outta here!

[Ganja Ninja]

10. The GOP doesn't care.

They'll wait until the Democrats are in power and when the Democrats raise taxes to pay off the debts the GOP has run up they'll bring up the old "tax & spend" meme. Party of responsibility my ass!

[blm]

11. The GLOBAL FASCISTS made certain the US would be in debt. Bush is not

loyal to America - he's loyal to the small cabal of international financiers who really run this world - and Poppy Bush set up a few Chinese industrialists in the 70s to complete the final takeover - you think WalMart's rise then and their deals with those Chinese industrialists was just a coincidence?

You think our debt, much of it owed to China is just a coincidence?

Track back to BCCI and the ruling characters involved there, and then add Chinese industrialists to that mix - there's your global fascist network.

[donco6]

12. There's some goofy strategy to this.

And it's twofold:

First, Bush and his ilk believe that by cutting taxes, the economy will be so stimulated that business income will rise, causing a similar amount of revenue to be generated, even with a lowered tax rate.

Secondly, even if the revenue doesn't rise, he believes that there are a lot of programs we shouldn't be funding anyway. So if we manufacture a budget crisis, it makes it easier to cut these programs. Especially with Repugs in charge.

Of course, in reality, this Voodoo Economics doesn't actually work. Partly because Bush can't stay out of expensive wars long enough to get our expenditures under some hint of control - causing the gov't to - as another poster put it - print cash 24/7/365. Which leads to what, class? Class? Inflation! Yes, very good.

And so, for the first quarter of 2006, we see inflation at 5.1% !!!! Yikes! Bad for economy! Bad inflation! Inflation make home loan costs soar! Inflation make people no buy homes. Homebuilders go belly up! Inflation make people no buy expensive items which generate sales tax for cities and counties! Cities and counties cut back on services. People get mad and vote out incumbents.

Well, you can figure out the rest. We've all seen it before - well, at least those of us in our 40s.

[Prophet 451]

13. He doesn't

It's very simple, he doesn't expect the US to pay it's debts or rather, he doesn't care either way. Remember his line about the future: "we'll all be dead"? That's his rationale, if it happens after he leaves office, it's not his problem. That's why he doesn't care about wrecking the enviroment, starting two wars (three once the inevitible war with Iran starts), etc, etc; because he could not give two about anything beyond 2008 (assuming he actually leaves office then, I have my suspicians about that one).

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

20. But....But.....But.....There's The Constitution.....

Isn't there an ammendment which limits a president to 2 terms? Ummmmm......that's the law, right?

Take off your tin-foil hat, or people will think weird things about you.

BTW, I figure if he has thought of a way to stay in power past '08, he will attempt it.

[Prophet 451]

21. I hate that

The tin-foil hat thing. All someone has to do is label something a conspiracy theory and everyone starts ignoring evidence or plausability. Conspiracies happen. Watergate was a conspiracy, Iran-Contra was a conspiracy, every coup in a third-world nation is, by definition, a conspiracy. There's a good deal of evidence that the 2000 and 2004 elections were stolen by a conspiracy.

We know that Bush has investigated the possibility of postponing elections before. He doesn't have to declare himself dictator for life, he just has to ensure that his term doesn't end. Say there's some kind of crisis (real, exagerated or just manufactured), Bush announces that elections will be postponed until the crisis is over. The 30% left would support him if he buggered a chimp on the Whitehouse lawn so they aren't a problem, plenty of people to be adoring supporters during a press conference. Of course, the crisis can be spun out or if that doesn't work, another crisis can be found. In fact, so long as he claims to be saving America from the demonic liberals and guarding national security, the 30% will always support him.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

23. I Do Agree With You

They've stolen at least 2 elections, without batting an eye, and I do not put it past them to try again. He is King george after all, and he thinks of his thrown as some sort of birthright.

[SunDrop23]

14. He doesn't...you think he cares about what happens to this country?

That was a figurative "you."

[liberal N proud]

15. As far as bu$h and regime are concerned - It is not their problem

When they are thrown out of office, any president for the foreseeable future will be strapped with the legacy left by bu$h. A huge insurmountable DEBT!

[warrens]

17. Child labor

Coal mines are coming back fast with the price of oil rising so fast. Them 10 year olds fit better into mines. And it will give them a 12 year head start on paying taxes. Get their parents poor enough, and the little buggers will be hacking away for $3 an hour, if the mining companies want to pay that much.

[porphyrian]

18. He doesn't care. He got his. - n/t

[Botany]

19. Sell off parts of the USA

Hawaii? The bidding starts @ 250 billion

[cassiepriam]

26. Totally not his problem as he sees it. Pass it on to others. nt

[WestSeattle2]

27. Story of his life: create a mess and leave it for others to clean up

[cassiepriam]

34. Absolutely, failed business after business, arrests, drug busts, hookers..

you name it.....

[spanone]

30. Why should he care? He'll be long gone & benefitting from his tax cuts.

He's happy as a clam.

[JHB]

32. Tax Cuts.

It's his answer to everything.

[Recursion]

33. Rapture's coming; who cares

Same thing with climate change.

I'm serious.

I don't know if W himself feels that way honestly (I've never really bought his Jesus schtick) but a lot of his base does really believe that: we're in End Times so running up the national credit card bill is OK.