Thread: Goldman Sachs Wants You to Pay-by-the-Mile to Drive on U.S. Roadways

What, I thought some people here would love this? It's capitalism at it's finest! How can some of you support such an evil, socialistic idea like public roads?! Don't you know that is just one more step towards the evil gubmint taking your guns?! :8

Originally Posted by Red_Lizard2

Nice to see you're finally learning the evils of socialism and the benefits of capitalism

Yep, now I guess it's time for me to turn in my socialist card. Power to the corporations!

Originally Posted by Fovezer

What, I thought some people here would love this? It's capitalism at it's finest! How can some of you support such an evil, socialistic idea like public roads?! Don't you know that is just one more step towards the evil gubmint taking your guns?! :8

And right on time!

Couldn't we look into cutting spending on things we don't absolutely need in the budget? If I'm having hard times with my family, I don't look to work 90 hours a week instead of 60 so I can have a lexus. I trade the lexus in and drive a car that's less expensive and less of a strain on the budget.

Seems to me that government, both federal and state/local are more geared to raise taxes instead of cutting expenses that we don't necessarily need at the moment.

Originally Posted by rock_lobster

And right on time!

As always!

Originally Posted by rock_lobster

Couldn't we look into cutting spending on things we don't absolutely need in the budget? If I'm having hard times with my family, I don't look to work 90 hours a week instead of 60 so I can have a lexus. I trade the lexus in and drive a car that's less expensive and less of a strain on the budget.

Seems to me that government, both federal and state/local are more geared to raise taxes instead of cutting expenses that we don't necessarily need at the moment.

The largest percent of the budget is defense spending. You can't cut Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, or interest. TARP only takes up about 4% of the budget. Only about 12% of the budget is "discretionary spending." The problem is we are still in a recession and you need to spend to get out of one. Depending on what you want cut, you could very well be advocating for more people to lose their jobs. Not a very smart solution.

As for states, they have all made massive cuts. There is very little, if any, more that states can cut unless you want to see more cuts to education, police, health, etc. And they are still in the red. To think that this problem can be fixed or helped simply by more spending cuts is just not practical.