Nationalize the professional sports industry.

[I'm Watermark]

I feel this gets far too little consideration. With the new revenue we could make a major dent in the deficit, improve schools, invest in renewables, lower taxes, increase federal grants for college students, and any number of things.

 

[leaningright]

Uhhh.....no.

 

[Steelplate]

Yeah....I'm not into that either...I like the idea of a national lottery. At tax time, check a box to participate or not...then $1/week comes off your paycheck. They payout remains constant.... say $10M/week. The winner us drawn by SS number...only those who checked the box would be included, so there would be a winner every week.

The money that gets collected - the payout goes directly to the Debt. No using it for other stuff....debt only.

 

[leaningright]

I could go for something like that though I am not a fan of state lotteries. I'm one of those who'd be willing to give $1 a week (or more even) with no chance to win anything if it were dedicated to such a cause.

 

[Steelplate]

I could go for something like that though I am not a fan of state lotteries. I'm one of those who'd be willing to give $1 a week (or more even) with no chance to win anything if it were dedicated to such a cause.

Oh....I would too. The powerball tonight is $191M....there's going to be people who blow half their paychecks on tickets and figure out how to feed their kids next week...that's why I'd want it to be just a buck Some people don't have self control.

 

[Canceled.2014.1]

I feel this gets far too little consideration. With the new revenue we could make a major dent in the deficit, improve schools, invest in renewables, lower taxes, increase federal grants for college students, and any number of things.

So the players and coaches spend years perfecting their craft. The owners have risked millions to put together the team and the staff. The fans spend far too much on tickets and merchandise.

And the gov't should get the profits?? Why is that? Because they need them? I'm sorry, but spending more than you earn is not a skill set that should be rewarded, especially at the expense of those who built the system in place.

 

[canceled.2021.1]

Yeah....I'm not into that either...I like the idea of a national lottery. At tax time, check a box to participate or not...then $1/week comes off your paycheck. They payout remains constant.... say $10M/week. The winner us drawn by SS number...only those who checked the box would be included, so there would be a winner every week.

The money that gets collected - the payout goes directly to the Debt. No using it for other stuff....debt only.

Let's look at your idea from a realistic standpoint shall we? There are 138 million taxpayers in the United States. Let's assume for this argument that 100% of them decide to participate in your little scheme to "pay down the debt". That comes out to a grand total of $7.2 billion dollars a year. That is before you take out any winnings and of course the gobblement has to pay a bunch of people six figure salaries to administer this little program. And they have to have TV time to announce the "big winners".

But, lets say in this little fantasy land that 100% of the $1 a week from taxpayers goes right to the debt. The debt is $16,000,000,000,0000 (that's $16 trillion in case the zeros confused you)

So $16,000,000,000,000/$7,176,000,000 = wait for it





wait for it...............................




wait for it...............................






2,229.6 years


That's right bubby. Your little "scheme" that I am sure you think is sheer brilliance would take almost two thousand and thirty years to pay off the debt. And that is assuming that every taxpayer participates and that every dime goes to paying down the debt. Assumptions any sentient being knows not to be the case. Hell, lets assume the debt doesn't grow any more from here.

Now I know you will be all butt hurt because I poured water all over what I am sure you think is a brilliant idea that should be brought to the floor of the Congress. But, unlike you low information voters, the rest of us have to live in Realville.

 

[Don Quixote]

Yeah....I'm not into that either...I like the idea of a national lottery. At tax time, check a box to participate or not...then $1/week comes off your paycheck. They payout remains constant.... say $10M/week. The winner us drawn by SS number...only those who checked the box would be included, so there would be a winner every week.

The money that gets collected - the payout goes directly to the Debt. No using it for other stuff....debt only.

that would not work unless the budget is balanced each year, something the government is incapable of

 

[Don Quixote]

I feel this gets far too little consideration. With the new revenue we could make a major dent in the deficit, improve schools, invest in renewables, lower taxes, increase federal grants for college students, and any number of things.

what would be the incentive for the players?

 

[canceled.2021.1]

I feel this gets far too little consideration. With the new revenue we could make a major dent in the deficit, improve schools, invest in renewables, lower taxes, increase federal grants for college students, and any number of things.

Dont worry puddin pop. Goodell is making a complete goat fuck out of the NFL. It won't be around much longer

 

[canceled.2021.1]

So the players and coaches spend years perfecting their craft. The owners have risked millions to put together the team and the staff. The fans spend far too much on tickets and merchandise.

And the gov't should get the profits?? Why is that? Because they need them? I'm sorry, but spending more than you earn is not a skill set that should be rewarded, especially at the expense of those who built the system in place.

If only the owners risked their millions building their own stadiums instead of putting them on the backs of taxpayers. Then maybe I would consider them true free market capitalists.

 

[FUCK THE POLICE]

There's no reason to nationalize a recreational industries. The government is perhaps good at providing some services, such as healthcare and education. It's not good at providing consumer goods. It'd make a great deal more sense to tax it rather than nationalize it, but it probably wouldn't even get you that much revenue either way.

 

[FUCK THE POLICE]

Yeah....I'm not into that either...I like the idea of a national lottery. At tax time, check a box to participate or not...then $1/week comes off your paycheck. They payout remains constant.... say $10M/week. The winner us drawn by SS number...only those who checked the box would be included, so there would be a winner every week.

The money that gets collected - the payout goes directly to the Debt. No using it for other stuff....debt only.

Lotteries are a shitty tax system that I'm utterly opposed to.

Also, if some money is allocated "directly towards the debt", you can just deallocate other money that would've gone towards the debt elsewhere and accomplish just as much.

 

[FUCK THE POLICE]

Let's look at your idea from a realistic standpoint shall we? There are 138 million taxpayers in the United States. Let's assume for this argument that 100% of them decide to participate in your little scheme to "pay down the debt". That comes out to a grand total of $7.2 billion dollars a year. That is before you take out any winnings and of course the gobblement has to pay a bunch of people six figure salaries to administer this little program. And they have to have TV time to announce the "big winners".

But, lets say in this little fantasy land that 100% of the $1 a week from taxpayers goes right to the debt. The debt is $16,000,000,000,0000 (that's $16 trillion in case the zeros confused you)

So $16,000,000,000,000/$7,176,000,000 = wait for it





wait for it...............................




wait for it...............................






2,229.6 years


That's right bubby. Your little "scheme" that I am sure you think is sheer brilliance would take almost two thousand and thirty years to pay off the debt. And that is assuming that every taxpayer participates and that every dime goes to paying down the debt. Assumptions any sentient being knows not to be the case. Hell, lets assume the debt doesn't grow any more from here.

Now I know you will be all butt hurt because I poured water all over what I am sure you think is a brilliant idea that should be brought to the floor of the Congress. But, unlike you low information voters, the rest of us have to live in Realville.

All of the current debt is guaranteed to be payed back within the next couple of decades. Government debt is not like bank debt or credit card debt that consumers are used to, it is paid back over a set period at set payments. You cannot pay them back early, the best you could hope to do would be to buy back the bonds.

 

[canceled.2021.1]

All of the current debt is guaranteed to be payed back within the next couple of decades. Government debt is not like bank debt or credit card debt that consumers are used to, it is paid back over a set period at set payments. You cannot pay them back early, the best you could hope to do would be to buy back the bonds.

You are joking right? We haven't paid back any debt in a very long time, even after WWII all we did was inflate it away.

POOF!

but I notice PaperPlate has run off in embarrassment