DEBATE OVER DEFICIT
NPR Nov 22/10
by Frank James
Sometimes it seems like everyone's talking about the federal deficits and debt right now though there isn't widespread agreement on what to do about them. Turns out, a lot of people don't even know the difference between the two, according to Joe Minarik, a budget expert who worked in the Clinton Administration and now is with the centrist Committee for Economic Development.
It appears interesting that not a whole lot of Americans know the difference between deficit and debt. However, it is even more interesting that no one cares to know the difference between legitimate and illegitimate deficits and debts. Yet, that is what really matters. If you cannot distinguish between the two, you could be driving yourself into a spiral of self-destruction. Let us consider a simple illustration.
Yes, you may have to legitimately incur deficits and debts to feed your family, but it is morally illegitimate to mortgage the family house to gamble. Yes, it may be wise to incur deficit to boost the economy, but it is foolish to incur debts to fight foreign wars with a trillion dollars a year, wars which guarantee an increase in future terrorism. It is indeed a sadly funny picture of state governments scrambling in red ink when the federal government is lavishing unbridled sums on its war machine, and no one dares to object!
So is there a light at the end of the tunnel? Yes, if you are willing to Self-build, and adopt the process of questioning yourself and those around you. Start with 'The Provocative Qur'an' and instigate yourself towards the path of Self-discovery. Then the false images of distraction will fall away and you will not only understand the difference between deficit and debt but also realize the difference between the legitimate and the illegimate fiscal burdens.
Categories: financial crisis
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