Aaron Biston on eliminating the national debt

[expo2000000]

Ah.....Russia is the last place Alaska would want to be lease too....lol. For one thing, Alaskans grew up with American system i.e the American Amendments. The freedom Russia lacks off; so the closest to the best is likely Canada but they are pretty broke. Leasing Alaska to Russia is suicidal because they are still a potential threat to the U.S and we know they had a very shady past. Another reason, it is to close for comfort to have a super power that close to the U.S homeland.

[mdstalla]

I think we should sell our black people. We could get at least $15 for them!

[loszhor]

Let's keep it and get the government and environmentalists out of the damn way!

BUT if we aren't using it in the first place it's a good idea to lease for resourcing rights. We need the money. I just don't like the idea of selling a state, fifty sounds a lot better than 49.

[MadiniLD]

Canada could use Alaska! It looks weird to have a giant chunk of northern North America used by USA.

But... leasing a state? What is this guy smoking?

[ParamaxFilmings]

You can't sell a state, retard.

[cutmullets]

Uhh, yeah you can retard.

[loszhor]

Land is just real estate and totally sellable but I don't think it's a good idea since we all know congress is just gonna spend more.

[BlackRonin2917]

Who is this, Jimmy Carter? Remember the Panama Canal? Only a lib from California in conservative clothing would suggest such an outlandish idea.That was revenue the US had for almost a century. He's not familiar with the term "United We Stand, Divided We Fall". NEVER SELL YOUR LAND! The previous statement has been true to my family for generations. We would be the biggest dumbasses since Carter to cede territory. Pass an amendment for a balanced budget and drill in Alaska and California.

[kristiepuckett]

seems like a great idea at first, but what happens when you pay off a shopaholic's debt without cutting up the credit cards? It wouldn't take long before they ran up the debt again, and used the windfall to justify massive social programs and further expansion of governement.

[Katfellow]

I'd rather reduce spending & keep the land.

[asphyxiafeeling]

fat chance our politicians can manage that though. even if we gutted domestic programs i bet those savings would be / could be argued to put into military spending.

[pwbpeter]

Who got the best deal on the the louisianna purchase France?

Land is real, money is just an idea!

[rockandrock44]

I'm not sure if any nation would pay $11 Trillion for Alaska, but good idea nontheless.