I have a question...

We all know what happens when we have a $55,000,000,000,000 national debt.

But what if things were different and we had a $55,000,000,000,000 surplus?


Where would the money's physical location be?
What would be the value of the dollar?
How many hours would we have to work per week?
How would it affect our buying power?
If they spent the $55,000,000,000 all at one time, would it ruin the market?

4/11/2011 1:33:20 PM

my guess is if we had $55,000,000,000 to spend we'd somehow find a way to give it as a bailout to businesses

4/11/2011 1:34:42 PM

the gov't would find new and interesting ways to spend money

4/11/2011 1:35:28 PM

pizza.

4/11/2011 1:35:35 PM

maybe some of that money will flow into the school system so kids can count that huge of a number!

4/11/2011 1:36:29 PM

Let all remember this is hypothetical and if we were able to have a surplus that it would mean the government were responsible and able to save money

4/11/2011 1:36:59 PM

good thing we'll never have to worry about these questions.

also they'd develop some super soldier program or create an autonomous robot army

4/11/2011 1:38:11 PM

Every citizen gets a $150,000 check. Cadillacs, rims, and menthols won't stay on the shelves.

[Edited on April 11, 2011 at 1:39 PM. Reason : Blacks go broke in a week.]

4/11/2011 1:38:27 PM

or discover a gold mine/oil well etc?

4/11/2011 1:38:40 PM

40 acres and a mule with interest?

4/11/2011 1:40:06 PM

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"maybe some of that money will flow into the school system so kids can count that huge of a number!"

I think the government keeps people stupid on purpose. You have to pay to get a real education. Or know someone.

Our economy works off of gullibility and emotion. If people used their common sense or knowledge before making purchases, 3/4 the companies out there wouldn't exist. Such companies as enzyte, and "debt relief counseling", and "I owed $500,000 to the IRS, only paid $800". Boggles my mind how those companies stay in business, but then I remembered our education system.

4/11/2011 1:41:28 PM

1) In foreign banks around the world, just the same as it us today
2) The same, value of the dollar has nothing to do with the federal bankroll.
3) The same, the work week gas nothing to do with the federal bankroll.
4) It would be incredibly powerful for the us to leverage un foreign policy, to build long term and virtuous cycle solutions to social and judicial welfare problems, and could likely end the corporatism of federal elected officials.
5) Its not possible. For the same reason that countries can't and don't call in their debtor notes to us all at the same time.

4/11/2011 1:42:13 PM

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"Every citizen gets a $150,000 check. Cadillacs, rims, and menthols won't stay on the shelves. [Edited on April 11, 2011 at 1:39 PM. Reason : Blacks go broke in a week.]"

If you distribute the money evenly and cadillac dealer know that, then the price of cadillacs would skyrocket to $150,000.

4/11/2011 1:42:44 PM

shutup and go make pizzah!

4/11/2011 1:49:03 PM

We're not even open.

4/11/2011 1:50:05 PM

4/11/2011 1:59:09 PM

you aren't open for lunch?

4/11/2011 2:02:41 PM

We're not open but open for lunch, dude.

4/11/2011 2:03:53 PM

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" 2) The same, value of the dollar has nothing to do with the federal bankroll."

Assumng the government holds onto that cash. If it is disbursed, it has the same bearing as inflating the money supply. Prices will rise.

4/11/2011 2:07:31 PM

^thank you at least one person that knows the economy

4/11/2011 2:08:21 PM

My ultimate goal is to figure out how to get back to the days of working only 40 hours a week and supporting a wife, kids, land, and retirement.

4/11/2011 2:09:54 PM

This shouldnt even happen anyway, miltion friedman wrote a book "capitalism and freedom" and basically out laid the the role of government was solely to make the live of the general polulace better. Quite idealistic, but it's fundamentally true. Whether the governments ideals are skewed, or is a fucked up monarchy, the government does act in the way it "thinks" is best for the people... it should never be in a position in a free country to serve its own positions. Its not a business, and running a surplus of that much is an abuse of powers granted by the people, and a bastardization of how a government should operate.

Long story short, if the government ran a surplus every year, and accumulated a bank account with savings that far exceede anything reasonable (some would be OK to maintain fluctuations, or when cash gets tight), you'd end up with revolt on your hands. The citizenry would be over taxed by definition, and it wouldn't last long.

4/11/2011 2:30:49 PM

Now get this shit out of my chit chat

4/11/2011 2:31:20 PM

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"My ultimate goal is to figure out how to get back to the days of working only 40 hours a week and supporting a wife, kids, land, and retirement."

go to school

get that framed document

buy a suit

4/11/2011 2:32:37 PM

^^^So the government is kinda like the Nega-economy.

[Edited on April 11, 2011 at 2:33 PM. Reason : .]

4/11/2011 2:33:40 PM

Wut

4/11/2011 2:37:22 PM

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"But what if things were different and we had a $55,000,000,000,000 surplus?"

The government would lynch the fuck out of Rebbecca Black and prevent such a travesty of a song from ever existing.

4/11/2011 2:58:59 PM