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On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 18:16:04 -0400, William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com>
wrote:

>Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> On 5/30/2025 11:32 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
>
>>=20
>> Many people of gone through the numbers, taking every penny of the =
rich=20
>> will not be even close to fixing the USA debt.
>>=20
>> The only way to fix the debt problem through taxes is to tax the =
middle=20
>> class to death.=A0 And the uniparty is rightfully scared to do so.
>
>In 1993 the Canadian federal government debt was 12.2 percent of GDP.=20
>The net government debt was far worse, as our provinces were far deeper=20
>in debt than your states are allowed to be.
>
>The currency was so weak we began to call it the "Zloty".
>
>The Liberal government eliminated the debt in five years, and we had=20
>surpluses up to the Wall Street crimes of 2009.
>
>This was done with some tax hikes, some spending cuts, many spending=20
>freezes, and a growing economy.  There were protests, of course, there=20
>was anger.  But it happened and the Liberals remained in power for=20
>twelve years.
>
>Currently the US federal deficit is about 15% of GDP, but your states=20
>are in much better shape than our provinces were.  And while we couldn't=
=20
>squeeze much out of defense cuts you can cut tens of billions and it=20
>will just be a pinprick.
>
>You can beat this without an apocalypse, without firing the people in=20
>charge of your nuclear weapons, without cutting off HIV meds to hundreds=
=20
>of thousands of poor people, without even taxing the rich a whole lot =
more.
>
>You need time, a growing economy, some fiscal restraint, some tax=20
>increases.  And patience.
>
>If you do this, you'll wonder what all the fuss was about.
>
>Though certain writers will need to find a different theme.

But neither major Party is interested. That sort of thing just isn't
sexy enough.=20

Our problems run much deeper than mere economics.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"