US balanced budget proposal

[Arrian]

The GOP, particularly its RW fringe, is counting on the voters having amnesia. They are probably correct. The GOP should have zero credibility when it comes to fiscal matters. When GOPers don the mantle of fiscal "conservatism" they should receive nothing but scorn, derision, and gut-busting laughter.

But we live in bizzaro USA, where there is no accountability and a whole lot of amnesia.

-Arrian

[Ben Kenobi]

It is actually. Just imagine if we killed every Republican in the country (starting with BK) and used their assets to pay off the nation's debt? Problem solved! Also people might start liking the US again...

I'd be happy to turn over all my current assets in exchange for citizenship.

Your country is the laughing stock of the World and it's all because of people like you, BK.

I'm honoured that you consider America to be my country. Not yet, but eventually.

[Asher]

I'd be happy to turn over all my current assets in exchange for citizenship.

What exactly are your assets?

[Hauldren Collider]

I think Ben's more of a liability than an asset.

[Ben Kenobi]

What exactly are your assets?

I have assets, yes Asher, as hard as that may be to believe. If the conditions were surrendering all of them to the United States in order to obtain citizenship I would consider that a fair trade. However, the system doesn't work that way.

Plus the value of my education, which as you've berated for me, is 'stealing from Canada', despite the fact that I do not owe the CDN government a dime. Unlike many others...

[Ben Kenobi]

I think Ben's more of a liability than an asset.

Well sure. How many bathrooms do you own again?

[Asher]

I have assets, yes Asher, as hard as that may be to believe.

What is your net worth, Ben? Seriously.

Plus the value of my education, which as you've berated for me, is 'stealing from Canada', despite the fact that I do not owe the CDN government a dime. Unlike many others...

You still don't comprehend. Your useless education was publicly subsidized under the guise that it would benefit society as a whole. You got your subsidized education then fled the country. You took the subsidized education and ran without ever paying the money back in taxes.

[Guynemer]

The GOP, particularly its RW fringe, is counting on the voters having amnesia. They are probably correct. The GOP should have zero credibility when it comes to fiscal matters. When GOPers don the mantle of fiscal "conservatism" they should receive nothing but scorn, derision, and gut-busting laughter.

But we live in bizzaro USA, where there is no accountability and a whole lot of amnesia.

-Arrian

This, this, a thousand times this. Our government is retarded because we, as a people, are retarded. This is a mess that we've all made, and we've all got to deal with. Which means we're jolly well ****ed, because we don't deal with ****.

[Riesstiu IV]

If I tracked down Ben and turned him in to the Department of Homeland Security. What kind of bounty payment would I get?

[giblets]

I think Ben's more of a liability than an asset.

I would be happier if he was in Canada when he finally snapped.

[Ben Kenobi]

What is your net work, Ben? Seriously.

Enough.

Your useless education was publicly subsidized under the guise that it would benefit society as a whole. You got your subsidized education then fled the country. You took the subsidized education and ran without ever paying the money back in taxes.

I paid my school off. As far as the Canadian government is concerned, that is all they care about. Paid it off long before I left to come down.

[The Mad Monk]

The nuclear weapons program falls under the department of energy. Simply cutting all of the department's funding would eliminate them.

Yes, they simply evaporate at the stroke of an accountant's pen. that makes perfect sense.

[giblets]

Yes, they simply evaporate at the stroke of an accountant's pen. that makes perfect sense.

No, they lack funding at the stroke of someone's pen. Without funding they can't do much.

[The Mad Monk]

...but they wouldn't "disappear", and that's the point. They would probably end up back under the DoD.

[giblets]

...but they wouldn't "disappear", and that's the point. They would probably end up back under the DoD.

Wouldn't someone need to adjust the DoD budget for their "balanced budget proposal" then?