User blog comment:TurtleShroom/The Times to Come/@comment-477220-20100929231432/@comment-477220-20100930004249

''Yeah yeah, punish the rich to help the poor. I've heard that a million times. Remember, poor folks don't make jobs. ''

Poor folks do the jobs we don't want to. Besides, this is punish the rich to pay what they owe. Anyways, since they're rich it isn't much of a punishment.

''For the debt, the secret isn't to increase the income, but reduce the expenses. Cut spending and the current income will do its job. If we balenced our budget or actually earmarked some existing tax money to literally pay off our debt, we could do it. If we continue spending like this, no tax hike would function properly, as the debt outweighs the income. ''

Yeah, well the government is going to keep spending money for a while. Tax hikes work because when they finially stop, the debt will be smaller. What we really need is less imports, although America isn't good at making everything, and sweatshops can produce things cheeper.

''To answer the "being a kid" section, I technically have one year left as a minor. After I hit age of majority, I am no longer bound by my parents. However, what would I do? I can't drive (still on learners' permit), I'm not done with high school, and I seek a doctorate in college before I leave this earth. I will need my parents for all of this. ''

Hence potentially 8. You go to college, get a master's degree, bleah, blah, blah, you're capable of being on you're own.

''I don't plan on mooching off my parents for theirty years, as that would be dishonerable. ''

Sez you! lolz!