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HUMDEEDEE's avatar

I'm one of what I assume to be millions of Americans who do not understand economics very well or at all on a national scale. Personally, I manage my resources exactly as I wish our tax dollars to be managed - I don't spend more than I make; I have savings for emergencies; I have no debt that cannot be paid in full when it becomes due, I give to worthy and charitable causes and I pay my taxes (somewhat begrudgingly). The difference is, I control how my money is spent. I can't control how the government spends my taxes, though if I and millions like me could, some of our debt problem might be reduced. As long as politicians have other people's money at their disposal nothing but a free-for-all exists, and government malfeasance brings us to exactly where we are - very possibly on the brink of war.

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Fran Bennatti's avatar

Why doesn't he consider the possibility of a return to a federal system where states are relatively independent, and the blue states suffer the consequences of their actions and red states continue to have relative peace and prosperity. I don't see conflict as inevitable, just separation.

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