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I don't see the difference Isaac Send a noteboard - 03/08/2011 05:31:28 PM
Why has everybody so far accepted the premise of this obviously misleading question?


What's wrong with the premise? And why are debt collectors not going to come take it back? Except insofar as where national debt is concerned the sorts of people who collect it - tax collectors or invading armies - tend to do more then just send vaguely hostile letters and screw up your credit rating.

As I've said, I don't really approve of the kid holding the sign, but the point made on it is true enough. Nobody has a specific 'share' of the debt but the debt nevertheless exists and taxpayers must pay for it and the interest on it, and the numbers about right, current debt divided by pop I'd assume. It's not mathematically feasible to run in deficit forever and even if we ran deficit neutral henceforth we'd still be paying interest on it till inflation slowly ground it down. We've no idea what her future status as an earner will be, on the dole or the next Bill Gates, so a straight division of debt by pop is reasonable, how is the sign wrong?
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Believe it or not, I agree. Tashmere - 03/08/2011 03:07:48 AM 410 Views
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That's awful. I'm so sorry. *NM* Sareitha Sedai - 04/08/2011 07:35:45 PM 173 Views
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aww sweetie Yunalesca - 02/08/2011 03:58:53 PM 455 Views
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not just credit Yunalesca - 02/08/2011 10:35:41 PM 404 Views
im guessing my analogy is correct Yunalesca - 04/08/2011 03:08:36 PM 428 Views
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it is random thoughts - 05/08/2011 05:57:44 AM 413 Views
You don't. No-one is going to send debt collectors round to demand $46,000 from your piggy bank. Tim - 03/08/2011 04:29:59 PM 434 Views
I don't see the difference Isaac - 03/08/2011 05:31:28 PM 438 Views
I guess you have never heard of the IRS *NM* random thoughts - 03/08/2011 05:53:39 PM 164 Views
Because your parents bought too much booze on their credit cards *NM* wadsy - 04/08/2011 01:50:13 PM 188 Views
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