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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 07:10 PM Original message |
U.S. should sell assets like gold to get out of debt, economists say |
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kickysnana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. No they should raise taxes on the rich and corporations. n/t |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 07:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. +15 Trillion BRAZILLIAN! |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. A duh, you got that right! nt |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
42. Indeed. Nt |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. The Heritage Foundation want us to hand our assets overseas even faster? |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
40. Exactly! How many will fall for the con instead of taxing the bastids who did this? Millions... |
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Stuttgart77 (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 08:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
45. That gold was probably gone long ago. |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. Does anyone doubt that this is what the Greedy Old Pigs had in mind when they let duhBya bankrupt |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. You don't sell assets to pay current accounts. Assets produce income |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. A bunch of gold sitting around in a vault |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. So if it's worthless, why would anyone buy it? |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:41 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I didn't say it was worthless |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. U.S. should increase tax revenues sufficiently to pay the cost of its operations and meet its |
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Iliyah (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Well they rich have |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. We have the money to pay the debt off entirely |
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sasha031 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. The Peoples Budget |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
46. Never gets any air time, instead we get this freeper crap. Here's the link to it: |
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Iliyah (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 07:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Corporations and |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. They "won't be taxed". Since when |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. Republican economists, no doubt. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
12. US should stop the frickin wars and reverse the * tax cuts.... |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
14. That would be worth about 100 billion, once. |
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webDude (830 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
17. there has not been an audit since they put it in there, from many i've heard. |
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Yon_Yonson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
18. Sounds like a plan ... where can I get some for cheap? |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
19. Do these people watch the 1865 channel on cable 24/7? 'Cause their ideas seem to start |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
20. Tax the rich, then jail the rich. Problems solved. - K&R |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
21. Boner says tax hikes are off the table. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
22. Somewhere in this scenario is disaster capital but I am nor sure where. nt |
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citizen477 (25 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. You might be on to Something... |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:06 AM Response to Reply #29 |
41. National Review? Letting corporatists take over makes us freer? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 08:17 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. It's the new right wing meme. |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. What's pissing me off are the alleged Democrats pushing this line here. The corporations are taxing |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #29 |
49. I am reading Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine right now and whenever |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
23. So the Total Value Right Now |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #23 |
58. That's not even enough to cover the deficit |
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digonswine (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
24. Economists(barring some) are the cheapest industry whores. Money well spent. |
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nobodyspecial (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
25. That's what Mitch Daniels would do |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
26. the vulture capitalists are circling fort Knox, eh? |
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cambie (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
27. How about making in into coins |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
28. The Heritage Foundation is a domestic terrorist organization. |
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CubicleGuy (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
30. Ha! |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
31. I heard real estate is expensive too, we're sitting on a lot of it |
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Corruption Winz (581 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
32. Or.. or.... here's an idea... |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
33. Sell the gold, then the national forests, then the monuments, etc... |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #33 |
48. Next, by getting rid of labor and environmental laws, education and housing, create the caste system |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
36. Better idea. Keep the gold ( it really is good as gold) and |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
38. The US has been selling gold since at least 1980 |
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jonthebru (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
39. No! No! No! |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
43. Right, flood the market with gold. Make the price plunge |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. Then buy it back on the cheap |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
50. But then the pony ... |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
52. Is Ron Utt selling gold calls? |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 01:06 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Why should the US "dump a million ounces" |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 02:46 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. That's the right way to look at it... |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 02:56 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. The bullion and collector coins enter the market a little at a time |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
54. Good god. They are trying to plunder the whole nation until there's nothing left. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 02:40 AM Response to Original message |
55. These guys want to short gold as 147.000.000 oz. head to the market. |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
59. I believe this concept was an Onion piece |
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