08-31-2026, 06:43 PM
Me - Only so many dollars available "on loan" from future generations...
Tang - Amen
Prayers on one hand, political praises on the other - if only the right hand knew what the left hand was doing...
Durian Fiend - Right. Fiscal responsibility always kicks in when it comes time for spending federal dollars on assistance programs.
Nope, not even then. Obviously we shouldn't be wasting billions to bomb school girls or to NOT build renewable energy, but yet we are, and somehow expecting there to be even more money to also fix the roads and trim the trees.
Maybe the bond market will instill some discipline, or maybe we'll hyperinflate our way out of the mess ala Greenspan's "The United State can pay any debt it has because we can always print money to do that", but this fantasy of the infinite money machine has a cost that is payed forward, often with little to nothing tangible to show for it. But that's obviously a problem for the keiki to deal with.
Tang - Amen
Prayers on one hand, political praises on the other - if only the right hand knew what the left hand was doing...
Durian Fiend - Right. Fiscal responsibility always kicks in when it comes time for spending federal dollars on assistance programs.
Nope, not even then. Obviously we shouldn't be wasting billions to bomb school girls or to NOT build renewable energy, but yet we are, and somehow expecting there to be even more money to also fix the roads and trim the trees.
Maybe the bond market will instill some discipline, or maybe we'll hyperinflate our way out of the mess ala Greenspan's "The United State can pay any debt it has because we can always print money to do that", but this fantasy of the infinite money machine has a cost that is payed forward, often with little to nothing tangible to show for it. But that's obviously a problem for the keiki to deal with.