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Should we ever have a budget surplus again, what should we do with the extra money?

Should we ever have a budget surplus again, what should we do with the extra money?

  • Spend it on more stuff.

    Votes: 4 11.1%

  • Lower Taxes.

    Votes: 4 11.1%

  • Put it toward the debt.

    Votes: 28 77.8%
  • Total voters
    36
Re: Should we ever have a budget surplus again, what should we do with the extra mone

radcen said:
Should we ever have a budget surplus again, what should we do with the extra money?

1) Spend it on more stuff?
2) Lower taxes?
3) Put it toward the debt?

A real surplus, I mean, not a Bill Clinton smoke-and-mirrors surplus.
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Once again, my answer is not included. This may be why I am an Independent and not one of the two main parties. My answer: Save it for the next economic crisis (it will grow with interest).
 
Re: Should we ever have a budget surplus again, what should we do with the extra mone

JumpinJack said:
Once again, my answer is not included. This may be why I am an Independent and not one of the two main parties. My answer: Save it for the next economic crisis (it will grow with interest).
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Why would you save it when you are paying 400bn a year in interest? How long would it take to save 17 trillion?
 
Re: Should we ever have a budget surplus again, what should we do with the extra mone

JumpinJack said:
Once again, my answer is not included. This may be why I am an Independent and not one of the two main parties. My answer: Save it for the next economic crisis (it will grow with interest).
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There's probably 20+ potential answers. I just limited to what I thought would be the top few.

To your answer, where could we earn the kind of interest that would offset the interest we're paying on the debt?
 
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