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

[Gregory Jones]

At some point interest payments take all the money the govt can take in.
At that time that's all it does.  s

On Sat, Sep 19, 2026, 1:31 PM John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sat, Sep 19, 2026 at 3:36 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:
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> *> If government is a magic wealth generation machine, why do we pay
>> taxes?*
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> *Because it's NOT magic it's science. And because the government is NOT a
> wealth  generating machine, but AI is, or will be if it doesn't kill us.
> Either way it turns out we don't have to worry about long-term debt.  *
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> *And spike, did you really need my help to answer that question? *
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> *John K Clark*
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>> *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?*
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>> *>…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*
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>> *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?*
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>> *spike*
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