No but it would certainly be a lot more healthy and productive if the debt we were taking out was to finance a rebuilding, etc. rather than just service interest or roll over existing debt.
We probably have guys right here who would say their situation is "worse than horrific", while they post on their computer, over their internet connection, comfortable in their chair. But they will never amount to many Americans.
It is likely those guys have done the research and spent time seeing how the little person is doing. You know, looking at SNAP data, discretionary income and real wage gains of the lower half of the population.
I agree. $478B Infrastructure Bill Blocked by Senate GOP By Eric Pianin March 25, 2015 http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2015/03/25/478B-Infrastructure-Bill-Blocked-Senate-GOP And we know how the GOP's alternative went down...
It's also a decades long process. Want to hang that on Obama, too? Or claim that Obama said it would improve?
Hey Ricci, if you'd rather not say, that's fine. I saw some conversation around here, on some thread a few days ago that I didn't quite understand concerning this. But it's your choice to clarify or not.
If your immortal character gets to play by the same rules as government, then yes, the scam can be run by an individual. Problem is individuals don't get to play by the same make it up as you go along rules that the government plays by. The numbers,(debt/income),actually matter in the life of the individual. The numbers mean nothing in government fantasy land.
Republicans blocked it because of the proposed tax increases to corporations, not the spending. "Budget Committee Chair Mike Enzi (R-WY) said he and other Republicans are all for more infrastructure spending. They take issue, however, with Sanders essentially dictating tax reform policy to the Finance Committee by setting a long-term funding target. “That’s not the way we do it around here,” Enzi said Tuesday. “That’s why that went down.”"