Quote Originally Posted by Aaron S. View Post
There was also a comment made earlier, from a member that I respect very much, that was incorrect. There was never a deficit of $0. when Bush came into office. I'm not defending Bush, I don't like him. He's an idiot, but there was not a $0 deficit when he came into office. Please correct me if I'm wrong on this matter. I'm not trying to make this thread heated. I have just heard this from some other people before who have mistaken budgets set by presidents/congress, and national debt.
Are you referring to the fact that there is no such thing as a surplus or deficit since our money system no longer works like the gold standard anymore?

I don't think most people realize that absolutly none of our federal income tax goes to the goverment. Congress decides how much we are going to spend. They divy out a little here, a little there, a little to there friends, don't forget the people who got you elected. Then once they decide how many trillions of dollars they go to the federal reserve, a private bank for profit, and take a loan out on that amount. If it's not enough, for oh let's say a war, then they just take out another loan, and another, and another, etc.. Then when the loan is due, we have to take another loan to pay off the last loan. Try doing that with your credit cards and see what happens.