Comments on: How Would You Spend 3 Trillion Dollars?

By: somasoul

somasoul — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:42:04 +0000

“How about rice and beans and tortillas for everyone for 50 years? ;)”

Oh, Sky, we could. But the way I figure it is that within those 20 years of Lobster and Prime Rib we’d probably start another 3 trillion dollar war then we could just not start that war and have another 20 years of Lobster & Prime Rib.

We could all eat Lobster and Prime Rib forever.

By: Skylark

Skylark — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:10:25 +0000

Ew, good point, Katie. How long till China decides it wants all its money back?

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:11:32 +0000

Considering that most of that 3 trillion is money we don’t even have but are borrowing from China and our future to throw this ridiculous war…imagining spending it on positive things is fun but we could just “not” spend the 3 trillion dollars we don’t have and that would be good too.

By: Skylark

Skylark — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:24:49 +0000

How about rice and beans and tortillas for everyone for 50 years? ;)

By: somasoul

somasoul — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:33:58 +0000

The problem with government spending is that we see “spending” as an expense. We see the government spending money and figure they want to save money so they should stop spending.

But here’s the thing……..the only way government makes money is by spending it.

If your job was to spend money, say, and each dollar you spent you could keep a dime, you’d spend a lot of money, wouldn’t you?

Now let’s say you bought things like video games. Cars. Beach front homes. You’d probably use them right?

The government needs to make money. So they spend it. That’s how they make it. Then they buy things. Sometimes they buy food. Sometimes they buy weapons. Sometimes they buy Formeldehyde laced FEMA trailers that kill the occupants. Whatever they buy they need to use that way the product is used and they can spend more to make more money.

In the case of this endless war they need to use the various weapons we’ve stockpiled over the last 50 years. There is no “cost” to them. Every dollar spent is a profit.

3 Trillion isn’t hard to spend. Lobster & Prime Rib for EVERYONE for 20 years. Problem solved.

By: Skylark

Skylark — Mon, 05 May 2008 04:50:53 +0000

I could probably fund Green Card application process fees for all the undocumented immigrants in the US with $3 trillion… and maybe employ all the meat industry workers in industries I view as ethically preferable, too. Considering the numbers of undocumented workers in the meat industry, this would be a double-benefit for them.

But, can even $3 trillion convince Congress to stop seeing undocumented immigration as a phenomenon completely disconnected to the US and US citizens’ involvement in Latin America? Methinks that’s something that requires a bit more than money.

By: somasoul

somasoul — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:18:10 +0000

You got around to using my “Dumb Stuff” tag! GREAT!

I’d buy beer and porn.