good question indeed ...
Yup, and that 400 million/yr. going to bond holders is at the present Fed rates of nearly Zero. If the Fed increases its rates substantially, half or more of the annual budget will be going towards interest on this National Debt. This nation is going to suffer greatly due to debt.
I can attest to the financial challenges associated with divorce. My marriage was doomed after multiple instances of infidelity and abuse (all on his part) so there wasn't the remotest possibility of compromise for me. I was in my early 50s when we divorced and I was still working full-time. And yes, dividing assets at that late stage of life is financially difficult. But, through the grace of God, I landed on solid ground. Mind you, I'm not wealthy by most (any) standards but my primary goal after selling our marital home was to eventually buy a home of my own. Which I did. I felt safe and secure having a place to call my own.
I agree with this too. Every single instance of divorce that I've known of with the exception of my own, one spouse or the other made out like a bandit and the other was impoverished. And I think that the reason my own didn't fall into that category was because we had no children.
have you ever seen a government run program that staying in budget let alone made a profit .....?
In my case, it was my ex-husband who profited the most...initially. He was 10 years older than I and quickly remarried to a woman who was at least 20 years his junior who was unemployed. I think the intent was for them to not work and move outside of the United States to Latin America where they could have a good quality of life and live off of what he got in the divorce. I'm not sure what became of them nor do I wish to know.
I had not thought of that money scheme. How about the money it makes on booze though?the fact is many products are taxed at various levels of production on top of taxes to the actual consumer.........many states if you travel to others you may look at cost of cigarettes or alcohol etc and see a huge price discrepancy ....... because one state taxes heavy the other not.
I never looked at things this way before. I think some interesting philosophical questions could be asked about all the levels of government sucking off the ingenuity and work of others, rather than being the direct provider of something we all want and will gladly pay for.
It is all rather confusing, isn't it? We expect the people we put in office to make decisions that improve the economy. But you are saying "too many in government do not have ANY common sense or ANY real business skills. We are a democracy. That means we all hold responsibility for what happens. We need perhaps need better organization and communication?
How about publically owned utilities? Are they succeeding?
What if we all owned the hospitals in our communities? Instead of paying for insurance, we own shares in our medical care systems? Maybe we need to think outside of the box?
Family changed...... Many are estranged not like olden times where people just put up with mom and dad or the wayward child etc..... most cut them off.
