fellow americans: if you had the money, would you pay off the national debt?
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
lets say you had enough to pay it off and have $100 mil or so afterward. would you help america or keep the $14 TRILLION+ all to yourself / to invest in other things?
ok i guess you dont have to be american to answer, but im pretty sure i know how all non-americans will answer this.
2011-08-05T03:18:26Z
of course you would get some free stuff for being a hero. movie passes, unlimited gas, maybe a hummer to go with the gas, gift cards for bed bath & beyond, a starbucks built in your kitchen, a guest spot on your favorite crappy tv show, etc. you know.
He*l no! If i were to qive it away, itt would be to qive it to poor people, and qive them homes and food, and help families around the world with food and medical needs! Nott to pay off some persons credit card debts! And i would rather qive itt almost all away and keep like 3 million so me and my little brother can qo to colleqe and the rest to be able to have extra money for all our needs and have a way better life then the one we have riqhtt now. And to send my dad whos in jail for somethinq he didnt do, money for shoes and books.(:
Edit: @orange uhmm, yeah, REALLY. Theirs a lott more important thinqs qoinq on in this world like actual lives of people than a debt that couldve been mostly preventable.
Honestly, I would. But at the same time I don't want to be helping a country who's slowly going against what we once were and use our 'freedom' as a title, when that's slowly going down as the debt goes up. I...don't know.
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im not american but still i wouldnt pay my country's(greece) debt coz im not responsible for it. a guest spot on my fav tv show?lmao,so yes id probably invest in something else.