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Do you thing the United States Government should require that all spending programs be prepaid before they are launched? Ask a Question

Do you thing the United States Government should require that all spending programs be prepaid before they are launched?
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Only if in doing so they are trying to set an example for other people to follow; however, in the USA abolish credit and you abolish society as we know it. Are we ready for the change?

Yes, just like the people they represent, they should only be allowed to pay cash! MUHAHAH

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Ask Bush and Cheney.

2 Replies to BobUS's answer

I did. They agree.

Now you ask bho!

They agree? How do you know this? It's certainly not evident from anything they did while in office.

Thing is not think ;) ^^

So you can't collect Social Security for the 100% disabled until they have paid in? Simple solutions only work (and not always even then!) in simple systems--which 300 million people are not.

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Isn't that ironic. A lesson regarding "simple solution" from the queen of "over-simplification"!

The intent of this question is that there should be a clear, well-defined, and committed revenue stream associated with every spending program. Adjustments should be made at least annually to ensure that every program is solvent -- not unlike you and I do with our personal finances.