Zonkerbl wrote:dckingsfan wrote:dobrojim wrote:I'd say they over-promised which done knowingly (check) is completely irresponsible.
What was it that you believe they stole and who did they steal it from?
Most definitely known. And they stole from future students.
What's the difference between stealing and borrowing from future generations? I don't understand why you're singling out Dems when the GOP is just as guilty of this in the states they control.
It kind of feels like you're arguing poor people should pay for the $1.5 trillion finance gap the GOP just created. The super wealthy can pay us all back for their thievery, with a 70% marginal tax rate, or we can stop bombing the crap out of other countries. Unless there's some other option to get the billionaires to put the money back in the pot that they just stole that you know about.
Making the poor pay for billionaire theft just doesn't make sense to me.
There is no difference between stealing and borrowing from future generations in this context.
And you know that I am not singling out Ds. My argument (fx) was in response to the floating out of a 70% tax rate.
1) The 70% is demagoguing the rich because they are using this as a model for paying for GND. Which:
a) the 70% won't pay for the GND hence
b) they are kicking the costs down the road - like LAUSD.
Now you are moving this argument on me - are we discussing why I felt that floating out the 70% was wrongheaded (which I explained both in specifics and in long-term outcomes or are we discussing how to make a sustainable government.
It kind of feels like you are arguing that what they did previously with the LAUSD and what they are proposing on financing (not) the GND is good with you. Both of those along with this most recent tax stimulus have the same long-term affect.
