tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17540148.post115869392935469191..comments2023-08-23T08:45:53.071-06:00Comments on Paradoxy: Downfall, Part 1Eugenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431724892247691165noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17540148.post-91548162328038970092014-06-11T16:19:10.637-06:002014-06-11T16:19:10.637-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16779710057669710891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17540148.post-1158858387820142012006-09-21T11:06:00.000-06:002006-09-21T11:06:00.000-06:00Lilo,I'm pretty sure there is such a verse, but ca...Lilo,<BR/><BR/>I'm pretty sure there is such a verse, but can't think of where it's located at the moment. Some Christians take that admonition seriously, some don't.<BR/><BR/>John,<BR/><BR/>I agree that the government will pull out all the stops to find ways to avoid outright insolvency. Most likely I suspect it will involve printing more and more money (like they're already doing) and letting inflation devalue the dollar as a way of cutting entitlement spending without actually touching it.<BR/><BR/>Of course, that will give the Chinese even more incentive to spend their dollars on investments more likely to retain their value. Conservative Christians used to care about such things, and no doubt eventually will again. Whether that's before or after we've become a fully-owned subsidiary of a regime that's no friendlier to Christians than it is to gays is another question.Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05431724892247691165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17540148.post-1158813849355029702006-09-20T22:44:00.000-06:002006-09-20T22:44:00.000-06:00Doesn't the Bible say something against racking up...Doesn't the Bible say something against racking up debt, too?CrackerLilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18176388186521154104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17540148.post-1158797909070840502006-09-20T18:18:00.000-06:002006-09-20T18:18:00.000-06:00And yet a problem exists in that not only do both ...And yet a problem exists in that not only do both parties spend like drunken sailors with no mind to the consequences, a majority of the voters WANT them to. Sure, if you ask them they will whine about government overspending but God forbid you ask for cuts in a program they favor. I'm not so concerned about insolvency as much as I am about the next generation having a poorer standard of living than ours. The Feds will cut everything to the bone, including so-called entitlements, and raise taxes if it has to in order to avoid bankruptcy but this will mean your average Joe will be left with nothing. There is political paralysis on this at the moment with only tinkering at the edges of the budget. Give it 10-15 years and when reality sets in with bills coming due on Social Security, MediCare, etc., and perhaps then the will be found. If not, well what can I say? One thing the Republicans have shown over the past decade in Congress is that once in power they are no better and in some cases worse than the Dems on spending. It makes things interesting at voting time because it's more of voting for the guy who least ticks me off when in fact they all do.JohnAGJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11327171335670079381noreply@blogger.com