America's Going Broke! What will you do?

[NewWorldEconomics]

A simple but hard solution: 99% of the world quit believing in the bankers smoke and mirrors,most cash flow is abstract or digital. We can't eat paper or digital images ! America re-industrialize. What happen to Yankee ingenuity ? Make tangible goods!Then we can quit being Oil Thieves,We will get back our world respect . We will not slaves to the World Banksters smoke and mirrors, let them( The Fed and World bank) eat paper.

[caylon31]

if USA done what we did in Australia your would be okay today... we have have what we call a superannuation fund, it is a retirement fund for all people till we turn 65 years old, where all employers have to put 10% of our wage we earn a week into the retirement fund that we call superannuation it has been in Australia for the last 20 years, there is billons and billons off dollars saved, some times our government lends from it but puts back with interest, we have no debt it saved Australia

[caylon31]

i heard that USA is 7 trillon dollars in debt, there is no way a country can recover from that, Australia dollar was 1.09 to the American dollar yesterday and i heard it will only get higher and it will stay... back in the 90s Australian dollar was 60c to American dollar now we almost 10c more than american dollar, Australia has a population of 25 millon people so i say the USA is broke it's a shame.

[Play671]

The problem is that the government can never do anything right. And today in this world not to head to govern a country. Also can not even keep a secret, after a few years there is something evil they have done. And sometimes there is the complaint of the people.

[wolftreetree]

Bernake is part of the problem

[MsMihailescu]

The world revolution which we will experience will be exclusively our affair and will rest in our hands. This revolution will tighten the Jewish domination over all other people.

Le Peuple Juif,February 8,1919

We have exterminated the property owners in Russia. We are going to do the same thing in Europe and America.

(The Jew,December 1925,Zinobit)

Read this book for free on internet to understand their plan for us.

Who Is Esau-Edom...Who Is Esau-Edom.

[blewvelvet]

YEP and guess what? Now the UPPER middle class or mid business owners are next...because NOW the UPPER ESCHILON..is picking them next for extermination..like the lower middle class people just went through. And because most of them are republicans who think they are in the rich "CLUB"..are going to soon realize they will be in the "other club" where they are starving with the majority. It will be too late to LOOK UP as the cause of their problems and not downwards to point blame.

[allan9654]

government can't do anything right...they can only make thing worst!

[tttc]

You should be kicked out of your country.

[adawg766]

richardson didnt even come close to answering the question

[jscottupton]

I agree...he doesn't like privatization, when in fact, privatization is the only thing that can save social security.

[SCLARK2112]

Ron Paul was the only candidate from either party who understood the problem and had real solutions.

[PremiumWater]

Uh that wasn't an answer...wait he's a politician that explains it they love to talk and do nothing.

[zenmachinefilms]

Great question! But a flimsy answer by Richardson - and he's a smart guy. Unfortunately no candidate in either party really addressed this issue except maybe Ron Paul, and he was too strange on other issues for most people.

[blairzel]

how do you start wars and cut taxes and run up record deficits....yet claim the economy is strong?

[stonerj0e]

@blairzel by lying !

[anonderwear]

their all fucktards.......... welcome to the facade that is american democracy.

[buddjas1]

So, Richardson's way of balancing the budget is to spend more money. Brilliant.

[boiprof]

Ok so who are these other guys who have no chance of winning? I mean lets ask the three or two who are actually in the running

[red05hemi]

Your attitude is exactly why we get either coke or pepsi every time. This two party monopoly is selling our country out! You might as well call them all republicrats!

[lion575]

What really sucks is the democrats did not get a lot of questions on the economy in this debate. They really came off bad and a lot of it is due to the dumb questions they got (especially towards the beginning of the debate).

[benedictive]

Stop raiding the trust fund, hah. He talks as if there is money there to raid.

[jesuslover037]

Right! What trust fund?  The Federal Reserve's printing press?

[metamorphosis91]

yeah, war brings destruction to each party, doesn't matter what. TopazTwin is right. US should just stop the war and deal with their financial problems before things REALLY worsen.

[highlander924]

y dont thay stop funding the war? then theyd be planty of money for all sorts of things

[roarstrandesupermann]

I'm glad I'm from Norway.. At lest in my lifetime my country won't get broke, and we're also fortunate to have a more objective perception on world politics, thus realizing the wrongdoing the US are making i.e Iraq.

[barbarossa0067]

Hooray! I like what you are saying. I am an American who got SICK OF AMERICA and left it! I came to Europe, and in 18 months get to get rid of my US citizenship and be EUROPEAN!!!! I am so glad I am around people like you now. Still interesting looking in on these debates to see how they will run that wreck of an Empire.

[clover0x55]

I can't believe this. I had such high hopes about this forum. Two incredibly important questions were asked and only Richardson responded to them; the integrity of voting machines and the process itself, and the fact that the dollar is losing value at a rapid pace. It would have been nice if after users submit a bunch of questions, the online community picks the best ones with CNN and youtube acting as the forum. The downside to that though, would be the probability of a prepared statement.

[themaskcabana]

You know what my question is? How is it, if an American mismanages their money to the IRS/Government, the penalty is jail time, but if the Government mismanages our money nothing really happens? We're nine trillion dollars in debt, is not exactly like we're talking about a pair of car keys. Somebody needs to be held accountable! I'm tired of paying (taxes) money out of my pocket because the government doesn't know how to manage their money!!!

[eminnj]

RON PAUL!!!!

[Naej27]

Stop building and GREED! Man has taken away the beauty of Florida as it once was. Too many people, not enough land, just pure greed!

[TonsOfFun411]

Diabeetus.

[TopazTwin]

Prevent borrowing money to go to stupid wars, that is what I would do first. Then eliminate the national debt. The US should file for bankruptcy and do a Chapter 11 restructuring to all their creditors, just like anyone else would have to do. What's up with that?

[Bored15125]

Amen Brother.

[SirBladewind]

I personally think we are totally boned this election year.

All of the canadates suck. Its just a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils.

[vicprobey]

so the way he would solve the problem is by "TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION??" Lame...next.

[h2opower]

Now ask your Candidate these questions:

1. How would you go about taking down the Federal Reserve Bank?

2. How would you go about putting a stop too fractionalized banking practices?

3. How would you pull the US out of the BIS, IMF, and World Banks?

These are the most important questions of all for once this is done we will have no debt as a nation, and with no debt all of the other programs can be made too work.

[libsaretraitors]

Liberals despise individual prosperity. Private property and individual wealth is integral to individualism, and the enemy of the liberal. Liberals believe that wealth is static - anyone who makes money must be stealing it from someone else. The liberal typically chooses a career which produces nothing of value - lawyer, bureaucrat, "activist", etc. - and uses government to extract the wealth of others.

[dilbertgeg]

Liberals and Leftists DESPISE corporate socialism, corporate welfare, 'privatization' on govt dole, cooking the books, ripoffs like Enron, offshoring wealth in tax havens, corporate personhood, govt shielding and immunity, and shifting the tax burden from it's original setup in the 1920's, moving from taxing the billionaires to taxing the poor to give welfare to the rich.

Gotta problem with that?

[AntiWBC]

yupyup bllrichardson you fix wat bush screwd up

[LeftLiberalSoCal]

F--ck you Bill Richardson! LAME ANSWERS. You are giving the same BS answers as before!

[lordmetroid]

Here comes the food police.

[ShawnHydedotcom]

Vote Mike Gravel or Ron Paul in 2008 for America's future and Freedom!

[AEMsupra]

dennis kucinich isnt bad either

[mannycp]

SAVE AMERICA!!!!!!!!!RON PAUL 2008

He has never voted to raise taxes.

He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership.

He has never voted to raise congressional pay.

He has never taken a government-paid junket.

He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.

LESS government, MORE freedom. NO IRS!!

He voted against the Patriot Act.

He voted against regulating the Internet.

He voted against the Iraq war.

[toonzboss]

I'm so fucking sick of you dipshits and Ron fucking Paul he is a goddamned cartoon character! He looked and sounded like tweety bird in the debate! He won't be a blip on the screen, enough already!

[GOronPAUL08]

Ron Paul has more Youtube subscribers than any other candidate and is the number one search on Technorati, Ron Paul has more money donations from military personal than anybody else also, the list goes on and on. Do You have any real reason why you don't like him. "he is a cartoon character!"?????, WHY IS YOUR SCREEN NAME "TOON"ZBOSS. ARE YOU A CARTOON CHARACTER.

[toonzboss]

Talk to me after the GOP convention when he is the nominee. NOT! How old are you, does the term "also ran", mean anything to you? He is the Ross Perot of the GOP except he cannot fund his own campaign. He is wallpaper, get real!

[GOronPAUL08]

who are you to judge someone who doesnt have the dirty money as the other candidates. He is going to save our country, how old are you

[toonzboss]

I am an adult who does not live in the liberal la la land where there is some lily white candidate who passes some democrat morality exam and is found pure enough to guide you idiots to full strength Socialism, Please get back on the short bus to Klinton Kamp for Kiddies and shut the fuck up!

[LowBudgetPuppets]

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[TheGamer1970]

Wake up, people: Hillary voted to ban olives on pizzas! Can we really afford to have such a muderous cutthroat in office? She also has gone on television and said, "I cannot stand spicy mustard. If I am elected president, it will be criminal offense to either stock or buy spicy brown mustard." She is also the leader of the underground movement: "Women against Honey Ham", or the WAHH. Can we really afford to have such a radical food communist in office?

[GOronPAUL08]

I AGREE THAT IS JUST HILARIOUS

[truewealth]

I'm voting for Kucinich. Gravel is good too for VP at least. No war = plenty for all.

[Naturyl]

The US is not "going broke" and there is no Social Security crisis. The guy asking the question is full of crap.

[lompocus]

@ nat: tru dat.

[JuniusJnr]

Bi_Partisan my foot! They are all one party.

Richardson needs to get real. Do you want the US gov't's fingers in your 401K?

Why don't we have an 801K? Isn't that what the federal employees have?

[ScarletandCreme32]

Check out Ron Paul. The only down to earth, logical, and straightforward person in these upcoming elections.

[pbalma]

If any of these candidates suggested putting a stop to wreckless military/defense spending and curbing our aggressive, self-interested foriegn policy, I think I'd have a heart attack. We are hemorraging money and blood to make the Bush-Cheney military junta richer, and nobody sees the point in mentioning this as an answer to this question during the debate?

[linwooddeaton]

You have to remember, these questions were pre-picked and pre-viewed by the candidates. They were not asked any hard questions.

[stickyspanish]

It's been said before: Damn GOOD question... too bad he didn't get a REAL answer! (thanks thelawgurl)

[saltMagic]

For health care I think I'd like a Medical Doctor in office.....pity there isn't one running....no....wait

[richrdroma]

Ron Paul 2008 is the only solution for that.

[tenthtry]

Stopping the government from taking money out of the social security trust fund to spend on things such as he war is partially the answer.

That was the only thing he really said that wasn't vague.

[Battlebx]

VOTE RON PAUL 2008!

[freepalestine1]

stfu noob

[serendipityuk]

laugh

[TempestKnight]

I kinda laughed at him suggesting we find a cure for Diabetes. The problem with that funding is that so much of it goes into the strips that people need to use to check their blood glucose levels. If a non invasive glucose monitor was created then the cost of being a diabetic would significantly go down and that problem would at least be somewhat taken care of.

[seapoidog]

The dirty little secret is this: THERE IS NO LAW THAT REQUIRES YOU TO PAY THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX. Ask an IRS agent to show you the law.

[thelawgurl]

Damn GOOD question.. too bad he didn't get a REAL answer!

[terrencetherapper]

way to not answer the question, richardson.

[joclemt]

I like the guy with the glasses.Why NOanswer fromany of the canidates? Because there is no answer.I feel sorry for you if you turn 60 in the next twenty years

[WebPundit]

I'm the guy with the sunglasses. I'm glad they aired the video, but if the answer were any more vague, it would be mere vapor. What did I expect, really?

[HandsOnVermont]

A solid question and yet only one canidate was able to answer???

[zeropopulationgrowth]

My favorite guy! Sunglasses guy! And how come Bill Richardson got all the REAL, old-skool questions and none of the fluffy, feel-good shit? Because he's hard-core and has the experience and real answers and isn't Mr Smily-Snuggly.

[globaltiger]

Aren't going to find a cure for anything under this current administration, which has been on an anti-technology kick since it came to office!