Are we truly concerned about the National Debt?

If I were elected president, I would be a One-termer and here’s why:

I’d lobby congress to raise taxes on EVERYONE for the next decade. I’d tax the rich and corporations more then I would tax the average person. That includes a tax hike on corporations who send jobs overseas (to the tune of 40%).

I’d cut spending and end both wars immediately. I’d give Iraq and Afghanistan a fair warning that we are leaving you to govern your own countries. If you attack us, again Iraq and Afghanistan will be nothing more than holes in the ground. Enough of this nation building crap.

I’d cut aid to Israel and Pakistan until they can agree to a peaceful solution of their borders.

I’d invest in knew energy solutions so we can save our money and not spend it on foreign oil. We need to stop making the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and other places rich.

Of course, no one will agree with what I’m doing and I’d most likely be voted out of office when my 4 years were up. But at least I’d have the pleasure of knowing that my actions will improve the debt situation in this country. People always blame politicians for all their problems but are unwilling to give up their programs to help fight the debt. Am I wrong??

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How can I make money in a fun creative way during my uni holiday?

I have a couple of months off from university and would like to do something which helps me develop creatively and/ or socially and which hopefully benefits others. Additionally I need to make some money out of it to pay off my student debt. The obvious solution would be to set up a small business but I am concerned about the initial expenditure. Any ideas?

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Collectors calling saying they don't deal with debt payment plan companies?

I posted a question regarding collections calling about a debt that had been charged off from Chase. The company calling is Client Services Inc. States that they didn’t buy the debt from Chase they’re collecting for them period.
I researched debt consolidation companies, and called friends who have dealt with this, and CareOne Credit Counsel was ultimately choosen. They were very kind and professional. At the end of the counsel session, going over our budget etc…we set everything up, and they gave me a number for collections to call if they called again.
Ofcourse they called, I told the collector what we had done and that CareOne would be paying the original creditor. That we wanted to pay this off and this was the only way we could. They stated they wouldn’t work with them, no way, and we had to pay this off now, or face legal action.
They say they work for Chase, they have the charge off turned over to them. Not bought but turned over. I don’t know who to believe here. The careone credit solutions who states they do this all the time and gave me proof, or the collections people who say, they gave me a settlement, but never gave me anything in writing and even now don’t want to since I said we don’t have the money right now.
What do I do here??? This is our only ding on our credit. We are military and on a SLIM budget. I just wonder if someone out there has dealt with a situation like this? What to do, who to believe???

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What should you do when your in debt over $6000?

Okay I am a 20 year old male. I am in debt for exactly 92.. I know right what kind of 20 year old owes that much right? Well I do..I am in a really big mess and I need some help to figure out what I should do to get out of this mess. I owe my cards about 00 and I owe one person 00 and this other guy 50.. I didn’t borrow money from a loan shark or nothing like that..so I am not in no trouble. But man for a 20 year old who owes that much is crazy..I need a resolve to my problem. The main reason why I got in so much debt was because of gambling though..I do have a job only working 2 days out of a week at a resturant and bar..but thats not enough I need more.. if anybody could give me some solutions to my problem that be great.

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ways 2 reduce the national debt?

2 ways to reduce national debt are 1)increase taxes
2) reduce spending on things like national defense, social security and other programs that benefit them and are paid for by tax money.
why might congress oppose to these solutions?

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HELP,I am debating on using a credit settlement company or debt management company, what were your experiences?

I make my payments on time every month to my cards, but wont be able to soon.
I have reached out to my 2 credit cards numerous times telling them I may file for bankruptcy and they wont get anything, and asking for them to lower interest rate so I can make my monthly payments and actually see my balance go down instead of mostly toward interest. I was refused on any time of payment plan, settlement offer, or interest rate reduction.
NEXT: I spoke at length with Take Charge America, who will set me up on a 5 year payment plan (after the banks negotiate with THEM apparently), and I will pay off my full balance in 5 years, along with about k in interest and 00 or so in fees to the company. Cards will be closed.

OR: I use Credit Solutions and I default on my cards so they can negotiate with the banks on my behalf and present me with settlement amounts which could be half if not more of the balance! I pay them 0. for 18 months and my debts to cards is paid within 36 months, if not sooner, at almost k less than what I owed.

BUT: Credit solutions has many scary reviews online. I spoke at length with 2 of their reps and they explained the process to me and it sounds like garden variety debt settlement, so.. i dunno. Which company? Anyone have any experience with either?

I also just called the collection dept. of my cards again and told them all this, can THEY offer me a settlement or payment plan so that there are no 3rd parties and the bank gets their money. They said nope, sorry. So i am kind of backed into a corner of having to use one or the other

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IS a wall really going to stop Immigrants from crossing the Mexican/American Border?

I mean trust me if someone really wants to cross that border, they will find a way and usually with relative ease. What solutions are there for getting immigrants out of this country? they are just causing more debt, death, and cost of health care. We hand these immigrants a gold medal of honor for illegally sneaking into this country. Should we jail them? but even that right there would cost us a lot of money…if we deport them back they will keep sneaking over even if the wall is built.

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Will the US ever pay back the national debt?

If not why?

What are the most realistic and viable solutions in your mind?

My solution:

If we can’t ever find a way to spend less than we take in without taxing people 50% or higher then I think we should find a way to negotiate with our debtors somehow to zero the debt through other means or we’ll have to eventually progress into a society without money somehow.
At which point do you think the US government will have to take extreme or drastic actions somehow? 50 trillion 100 trillion? Or will we just eventually accrue a 10^15 + dollar debt and keep on going.

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Not to belabor the point, can Republicans give specific solutions to fixing the economy other than tax cuts?

It seems like anytime a Republican speaks about helping to fix the economy, the only solution they offer is tax cuts, tax cuts, and more tax cuts.

And after taxes are cut, they want to cut more taxes. What they don’t seem to understand is that their tax cuts typically disproportionately benefit the wealthy over the middle and working classes. Furthermore, tax cuts are only really stimulative when there is a surplus, which we haven’t had in 8 years. If people get lower taxes, they will pay off debt and save, which is good for them, but not so good for stimulating the economy since they won’t spend money until they feel safe enough.

So other than tax cuts, what other solutions do Republicans have to helping to improve the economy?

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Not to belabor the point, can Republicans give specific solutions to fixing the economy other than tax cuts?

It seems like anytime a Republican speaks about helping to fix the economy, the only solution they offer is tax cuts, tax cuts, and more tax cuts.

And after taxes are cut, they want to cut more taxes. What they don’t seem to understand is that their tax cuts typically disproportionately benefit the wealthy over the middle and working classes. Furthermore, tax cuts are only really stimulative when there is a surplus, which we haven’t had in 8 years. If people get lower taxes, they will pay off debt and save, which is good for them, but not so good for stimulating the economy since they won’t spend money until they feel safe enough.

So other than tax cuts, what other solutions do Republicans have to helping to improve the economy?

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