Working people, the elderly and middle class should not make any sacrifices to balance the budget.

And should not be penalized for it.

like a dirty word and frame it in sentences just like the RW frames the words "liberal" and "socialism", with the same scorn and disdain. Then we need to repeat it over and over again like it is the worst reference in the world like they do to us until they get it. Maybe to take a page from Rush Limbaugh's language, we could say. The tax evading billionaires want "shared sacrifice" as long as it isn't from them.

and are tapped out.

It's time for the plutocracy to start ponying up to fix the mess they created.

They are a demographic that is just too large enough to ignore.

If only there were more of them.

then the top 20% can handle the burden with no problem since they have something in excess of 80% of the resources.

Their numbers are immaterial, they have many times their need while the bottom 40% make due with 5% or less of the pie.

Or "Kick the rich off the gravy train" or "no more free rides for the wealthy"

"The rich should pay, no more free ride"

How's that for campaign slogans?

I'm sure other DU'ers can come up with better ones.

This would be a good message from the Democratic Party leadership.

What are the chances?

We are the victims of their crisis.

The rich are profiting from it.

Sock it to 'em. We'll let you know when the account is balanced.

K/R:kick: :kick: :kick:

would do wonders.

That works well at our house.

That's a false analogy that Republicans and conservative Democratic politicians try to sell.

Unless your household can print money .... legally and sell bonds with guaranteed interest.

debt ceiling and we can spend money we don't have. Or borrow more from our Chinese neighbor family down the road.

Here's a thread you http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1379531 might enjoy that gets into why the federal budget is so screwed up->

You can't print money to cover your "debts".

You can't sell investment grade bonds to private investors/governments/financial institutions and guarantee interest payments.

Borrowing money from a friend, relative or Chinese family living down the street is not the same as selling Treasury securities to financial institutions and governments.

You can't spend money you don't have.

The government can and does all the time.

The government can operate at a deficit for most years and decades because it can print money and finance debt with bond sales.

You can't.

And you can't raise your bogus "debt ceiling" unless you have rich friends who are willing to loan you a ton of money without any guarantee of being paid back.

Once again you are not a government.

Trust me on this .... you really aren't a government.

You're a person.

And I know exactly why the government has a budget deficit.

Your family may be short of funds but that would be for entirely different reasons.

income and live within it, and don't print extra when I need motorcycle tires.

Maybe, just maybe, that is the problem - the nitwits who write the federal budget don't give a rat's ass about trying to be fiscally responsible. "Hey Vern. Print me up a couple billion, will ya."

That is so fucked! And it doesn't seem to bother people. Well, some people.

doesn't work. See http://articles.cnn.com/2009-01-16/world/zimbawe.currency_1_zimbabwe-dollar-south-african-rand-dollar-note?_s=PM:WORLD">Zimbabwe. And families can "sell bonds" with guaranteed interest. It's called borrowing money. Most families do it.

Balanced budgets are just common sense.

It's past time to spread the sacrifice around to the upper crust.

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Our so called leaders are going to do what their corporate masters tell them, and if we don't like it, well, who ya gonna vote for, Michelle Bachmann:rofl:

That is exactly the attitude of the Democratic leadership these days.