as an aside - Read somewhere that this argument that the government can’t afford all of these things like healthcare, infrastructure, etc. that would help most people is bullshit. Since the federal government prints it’s own money there is nothing that it can’t afford. We spent 3 - 8 trillion on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars alone. And when people argue that it will increase inflation - sure maybe, but if you tax wealthy people more it can cover part or all of the newly printed money.
Note: I’m a bit of an idiot about this stuff - so this article could be completely off base and I just wouldn’t know.
Printing money isn’t usually a good idea as it generally causes inflation/devaluation of the currency. So while the US could do it, the outcome would probably be devastating.
In basic terms, the more of something you have the less valuable it becomes. This works for things like trading cards/collectibles, but also applies to money.
A good real world example of this recently was the pandemic. Between reduced spending (due to be cooped up) and stimulus money (ppp loans, checks, etc.), a lot of Americans came out of the pandemic looking to spend. This huge surge in spending meant a lot of people fighting over a set amount of goods (since during the pandemic manufacturing took a hit). So high demand and low/constrained supply leads to rising prices. So while people have more money, that doesn’t necessarily mean they can buy more things.
Garbage people produce garbage ideas.
Why not pay off the debt by reducing military spending by 90% for the next thirty years. We would still be in the top three countries for military spending.
This shitty idea is a thousand times better than anything Oz could come up with.
Also, you know, making the rich people pay even the same taxes WE pay, let alone the 50-90% marginal rates from decades ago, when the country was strong.
who gives a shit about your stupid debt. if you have debt ask your billionaire friends to spot you.
Fucking ghoul. Thanks Oprah for making him famous.
Name one person uplifted by Oprah that’s not a fucking ghoul.
Dr Oz, “Dr” Phil, John of God, each more evil than the last.
At least Dr Oz is legitimately a good heart surgeon. If that’s all he ever did he’d have been a net positive on the world. As it is, he’s caused far more harm to more people than he ever helped.
Oprah is part of the club that you are not in.
Like they’d use the money to pay back the debt lol.
Sell yourself to indentured servitude at 18 and work until you’re found dead by the janitor. Your corporate masters need a new Ferrari!
We’re constantly more productive and never see a reduction in work hours, only more work. You bring this up to one of these fucks or their simps and they say “sure, but when will the work get done?” as if that comment makes even the slightest amount of sense.
The very first thing we all need to do is stop working so hard. The rich don’t have any real skills and they have no power without the people they exploit.
You do as good as nothing effective against fascism.
You’ll take this too and will keep eating shit until some of you grow a spineIt’s so hard to understand why so many people don’t want to have kids
No worries! The Republican solution is forced marriage and outlaw birth control.
This is going to be so great for the Rich People’s Pedo Island Money.
Space X/X AI/Twitter (soon to include Tesla in a giant Xterfuck) will soar to all new market caps.
If we WANT to Fix the Debt we need to
Tax like 5 REALLY Rich People!Get RID of Retirement!So when do you start doing actual work, Oz?
Increased productivity means jack shit when the results of said productivity are being sucked up by people at the top.
Of course, I’ve already seen this future. As soon as you have a meaningful amount of labor value to extract, it’s straight to work for you. You work until all your labor value is extracted. “Oh, you’re ready to retire? Well, alright. If you’ll just come back here behind this woodshed and face the wall, we can discuss your plans.” Your boss says as he pulls a revolver…
Just work better 4Head
