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Seven years is plenty of time for congress to alter that part, and keep both taxes in place. Their justification would probably be to fund the IOU's for all of
by DougWebb 16y ago
Seven years is plenty of time for congress to alter that part, and keep both taxes in place. Their justification would probably be to fund the IOU's for all of the money that was borrowed from the "pay off the debt" fund during the first seven years.
- metageek 16y agoThe time to fix it is before it's passed, not after.
- DougWebb 16y agoYou're clearly not a politician. - Politician A gets to pass broken legislation now and get credit for "Fixing the Status Quo". - Years later, Politician B gets to fix the broken legislation and get credit for "Fixing the Status Quo". Of course, this fix is even more broken than the original. - For extra credit, Politician A and B are the same person, but none of the voters remember that he's been responsible for the mess all along.