Quote Originally Posted by unknownk View Post
We export scrap because we junk more stuff then we build here in the US. Before people made money scrapping most of that junk just went into a landfill.

The debt ceiling doesn't matter, its a made up line.

As far as cuts go, unless you have a surplus to pay back principle cutting spending doesn't mean anything. Over the last 30 years the tax on those making the most money has dropped like a rock, while the middle class has evaporated so we have less income from taxes then we should. The reason most political types don't care about the debt is because they know it is not getting paid back anyway. Our major problem is that our banking system is insolvent, meaning our money (once the general population figures out the banks are broke) is also worthless.

We don't have a revenue problem we have a spending problem!!!! We can't stop thinking of new ways to spend any extra dollar we might make. Sorry I just got out of the bathroom.