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Here is something to think about: All U.S federal government spending has infinite cost. If the federal debt is never repaid (with 12 trillion in debt that's not an unreasonable assumption) then nothing will ever be paid for. Taxpayers will be servicing the interest on the principal debt forever. Have a nice day! :) For further consideration here are some words from Thomas Edison printed in the NY Times Dec. 6, 1921 on adding debt to increase the public wealth. Skip the first column of the article. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C04E0D7103EEE3ABC4E53DFB467838A639EDE http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C04E0D7103EEE3ABC4E53DFB467838A639EDE
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Here is something to think about: All U.S federal government spending has infinite cost. If the federal debt is never repaid (with 12 trillion in debt that's not an unreasonable assumption) then nothing will ever be paid for. Taxpayers will be servicing the interest on the principal debt forever. Have a nice day! :)
For further consideration here are some words from Thomas Edison printed in the NY Times Dec. 6, 1921 on adding debt to increase the public wealth. Skip the first column of the article.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C04E0D7103EEE3ABC4E53DFB467838A639EDE
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C04E0D7103EEE3ABC4E53DFB467838A639EDE