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Addressing this crisis — and preventing recurrence — requires two specific legislative actions.
First, Congress should pass the bipartisan H.R. 3289 — Fiscal Commission Act, sponsored by Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA), and 41 co-sponsors. Such a commission would force a public reckoning with the facts, the trade-offs, and the hard choices that restoring fiscal health requires.
Second, Congress should call an Article V Convention limited to proposing a fiscal responsibility amendment to the U.S. Constitution. H.Con.Res. 15, sponsored by Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX), would do exactly that.
This is a scare piece that tries to equate a national budget with home savings math and then says the only way to fix it is to use Republican austerity measures. Fuck them.
ahh Fortune being the trash rag it’s always been, then.
And what a surprise; they’re talking about solving it by cutting the needs of the poor instead of the luxuries of the rich.
That’s okay, they’ll budget in a supply of bootstraps for people to pull themselves up by. /s
He bankrupted a casino! Let us repeat that again… He bankrupted a casino!
Yes, he can bankrupt our country. Yes he did.
Only took them six paragraphs to pivot to the good ol “imagine the US is like your household…” fallacy.
Interesting read but title is extreme hyperbole.
Is it not literally true?
It is not literally true. The author is making the claim that the US is insolvent based on book assets and liabilities, but the finances of a government are very different from other financial entities where this simple view is no longer accurate. The US has unique assets, such as the ability to tax its citizens or manipulate its own currency to satisfy debt. What is the value of infinite money or the power to obtain it on demand? Thus, the government has theoretically unlimited assets that are not directly comparable to any business or individual. It can make assets out of thin air.
Insolvency only becomes relevant for governments when they’re unable to satisfy debts and investors no longer believe that they will be repaid. The short-term bond markets are still strongly of the opinion that US debt is virtually risk free. Until we see a large spike in short-term interest rates, insolvency? Absolutely that’s hyperbole. By that assets-based definition, most governments are insolvent right now.
And again, the simpsons was right S15E3
There is no such thing as fiction.
Not missed it. Not reported on because of fear of reprisals and majority of the media is right winged so it doesn’t suit their narrative. The media in the US is completely controlled now. Freedom of the press is now a feverdream.
Finding the Money. Worth a watch: https://findingmoneyfilm.com/
