[ExI] Trump Says a Smart President Is All That’s Needed to Rein In A.I.

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> 
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>> On the contrary.  He is stating an astonishing conviction that a government cannot sustain spending more than it takes in.  John, is that really such a mentally unstable position?

 

>…YES!! It is a sign of mental instability because it is flagrantly opposite to the conclusion provided by the scientific method. Except for a few years during the Clinton administration, the US government has been spending more than it has been taking in for the last 150 years…. John K Clark

 

 

 

If government is a magic wealth generation machine, why do we pay taxes?  Why doesn’t every government just borrow and spend like there is no tomorrow?

 

spike

 

 

 

 

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