Most conservatives, concerning their created budget emergency, are saying we must not increase revenue, we must cut spending.

Could conservatives clear this up for me ~  what's the difference between cutting spending and cutting investments?

Thanks in advance.

____ wrote on Feb 9^th, 2016 at 2:15pm:

Most conservatives, concerning their created budget emergency, are saying we must not increase revenue, we must cut spending. Could conservatives clear this up for me ~  what's the difference between cutting spending and cutting investments? Thanks in advance.

Why Conservatives?

Are you suggesting that non-conservatives are economically illiterate?   

My thread, I get to asked the questions.
If you don't want to discuss your differentiating between spending and investment, then don't post.

http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2015/s4201187.htm

Hmmm well

____ wrote on Feb 9^th, 2016 at 2:28pm:

My thread, I get to asked the questions. If you don't want to discuss your differentiating between spending and investment, then don't post.

Spoken like a true socialist megalomaniac.....

It's a legitimate question in relation to your post comrade....

If conservative posters don't know the difference between attacking spending and attacking investments, then please, don't make a fool of yourself.

Maybe they are cutting the dole Greenie!

Oh Sh1t!

Now is that cutting spending or investment?

Redmond Neck wrote on Feb 9^th, 2016 at 2:39pm:

Maybe they are cutting the dole Greenie! Oh Sh1t! Now is that cutting spending or investment?

So conservatives think welfare is spending, and not an investment.
We are making progress.

All welfare?

____ wrote on Feb 9^th, 2016 at 2:41pm:

Redmond Neck wrote on Feb 9th, 2016 at 2:39pm: Maybe they are cutting the dole Greenie! Oh Sh1t! Now is that cutting spending or investment? So conservatives think welfare is spending, and not an investment. We are making progress. All welfare?

Corporates ok  :D

____ wrote on Feb 9^th, 2016 at 2:15pm:

Most conservatives, concerning their created budget emergency, are saying we must not increase revenue, we must cut spending. Could conservatives clear this up for me ~  what's the difference between cutting spending and cutting investments? Thanks in advance.

Spending is only an investment if it has a positive return on capital. Otherwise, it is a divestment.

You will find that the statement "Must not increase revenue" means not removing any further funds from the tax payer. Revenue increases sponsored by GDP growth and productivity gains would be fair game.

....I guess Greenie got his answer?  :D

Yes.

Conservative cuts, like the one waged against the CSIRO where based on conservative ideology. and not economics.

____ wrote on Feb 9^th, 2016 at 3:37pm:

Yes. Conservative cuts, like the one waged against the CSIRO where based on conservative ideology. and not economics.

Eliminating waste and improving efficiency makes good economics sense which is why it conforms with conservative ideology yes.

____ wrote on Feb 9^th, 2016 at 3:37pm:

Yes. Conservative cuts, like the one waged against the CSIRO where based on conservative ideology. and not economics.

But did it cut investment. Spending and investment are not always the same thing.

Swagman wrote on Feb 9^th, 2016 at 3:42pm:

____ wrote on Feb 9th, 2016 at 3:37pm: Yes. Conservative cuts, like the one waged against the CSIRO where based on conservative ideology. and not economics. Eliminating waste and improving efficiency makes good economics sense which is why it conforms with conservative ideology yes.

Inducing an ideological caused recession isn't eliminating waste, or improving efficiency.

crocodile wrote on Feb 9^th, 2016 at 3:52pm:

____ wrote on Feb 9th, 2016 at 3:37pm: Yes. Conservative cuts, like the one waged against the CSIRO where based on conservative ideology. and not economics. But did it cut investment. Spending and investment are not always the same thing.

Sacking CSIRO scientists, yes that is cutting investment.

____ wrote on Feb 9^th, 2016 at 3:53pm:

crocodile wrote on Feb 9th, 2016 at 3:52pm: ____ wrote on Feb 9th, 2016 at 3:37pm: Yes. Conservative cuts, like the one waged against the CSIRO where based on conservative ideology. and not economics. But did it cut investment. Spending and investment are not always the same thing. Sacking CSIRO scientists, yes that is cutting investment.

Only if they were producing added value to the capital outlay. If not, it was just a hole in the ground.

They don't know the first thing about innovation or investment.

I'm not sure why they are called conservatives either - what are they conserving?

They want to go back to "the good old days", have no new ideas and think privatising everything is the answer.

Conservative ~ as in opposing the one certainty in life ... change.

Conservatism is another word for Fear.

21st Century Dialup Network wrote on Feb 9^th, 2016 at 4:49pm:

I'm not sure why they are called conservatives either - what are they conserving?

......quote of the day  :D ;D