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Infectiously Positive Man Implores
Americans To Pay Down The Debt By
Donating From Their Paychecks

Mediaite, by Noah Rothman

Original Article

Posted By:KarenJ1, 12/28/2012 2:12:29 PM

When is the power of positive thinking not sufficient to solve to a pressing problem? Most of the time, actually, but particularly in the case of America’s spiraling national debt and the looming crisis that mounting debt presents. Since the end of August, America’s debt as ballooned by $400 billion – 100 billion more dollars than there are stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. For businessman Scott Soucy, stopping this runaway spending is a challenge he is ready to tackle. This jolly fellow has a plan to get America’s lawmakers to the table to address the debt,

Comments:
It´s a nice concept and he may be "infectiously positive" but I wouldn´t send one more dime to those corrupt politicians until they stop spending money so recklessly. Even if it came with "express instructions that it be applied towards the debt" it would make no difference to those crooks.
Sorry, count me out.

  

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Lawsy0, 12/28/2012 2:17:48 PM     (No. 9087717)

Mario Poppins, by any chance?


Reply 2 - Posted by: Scottyboy, 12/28/2012 2:19:16 PM     (No. 9087718)

This would be like sending Michael Moore a box of twinkies each week and hoping that he loses weight.


   

 

  


 
Reply 3 - Posted by: Poca Dot, 12/28/2012 2:24:54 PM     (No. 9087727)

Let´s see, Soucy stopped paying his mortgagee, bought a lemo with a home equity loan, maxed out his credit cards and now sells T-shirts. Um, what is the difference between him and Tim Geithner? Deadbeat, heal thyself


Reply 4 - Posted by: jj1319, 12/28/2012 2:25:01 PM     (No. 9087728)

How about this:

Ask Americans to quit taking so much welfare. Refuse all those food stamps. Don´t activate the 0bama-phone. Turn the thermostat down when welfare pays the heating bill.

After all, it´s "For the Children."


Reply 5 - Posted by: Passion, 12/28/2012 2:29:02 PM     (No. 9087733)

I think a line is crossed between infectiously positive and certifiably insane. It is not positive to give our government more money, and not positive to pretend otherwise. This exercise also presupposes that the problem with government debt is too little revenue, when clearly the problem is too much spending.


Reply 6 - Posted by: Wookie, 12/28/2012 2:36:59 PM     (No. 9087745)

We are donating our paychecks. It´s called TAXES.


Reply 7 - Posted by: bamapreacher, 12/28/2012 2:44:05 PM     (No. 9087756)

The problem is that it wouldn´t pay down the debt at all because the democ rats would simply spend it on their base.


   

 

  


 
Reply 8 - Posted by: jimmyfoxhound, 12/28/2012 2:45:50 PM     (No. 9087761)

The govt already takes an arm and leg from each paycheck i get, now you want me to send them my other arm and leg? Get out of here!!! My "donation" is forcibly confiscated from my paycheck already, you chump.


Reply 9 - Posted by: JoElla Bee, 12/28/2012 2:47:40 PM     (No. 9087764)

"Bless his heart".


Reply 10 - Posted by: msjena, 12/28/2012 2:53:10 PM     (No. 9087773)

How about cutting out wasteful spending and donating that amount to debt repayment instead? And other idea--cut taxes for everyone and get the economy going again. If more people are working, tax revenues will increase.


Reply 11 - Posted by: enemyofthestate, 12/28/2012 2:58:33 PM     (No. 9087780)

As long as the goobermint funds programs like teaching a teenage girl how to negotiate the use of a condom with her hookup, forget it, Polyanna. FORGET IT!


Reply 12 - Posted by: pearlyjo, 12/28/2012 3:06:32 PM     (No. 9087784)

Isn´t only infectious if others get the same illness too?
Seriously, I´m supposed to donate more money to this government?
For any of you Kansans out there that ever visited Joyland Amusement Park in Wichita during your youth, do you remember the pig´s head in the center of the park that sucked up the trash through its mouth?
That´s what I think of every time I hear the government discuss taxes. That trash-sucking pig.


   

 



 
Reply 13 - Posted by: strike3, 12/28/2012 3:29:47 PM     (No. 9087804)

Infectious? How about just "sick?"

I didn´t create one dime of our enormous debt and I´ve paid taxes all my life without collecting one single day of unemployment so I take no responsibility for paying it back. The government is just like a bitchy ex-wife who maxed out your credit cards and now wants more alimony to pay her bills. If Scotty Boy wants to contribute more, nobody is going to stop him.


Reply 14 - Posted by: Judith, 12/28/2012 3:30:27 PM     (No. 9087805)

Good one #2. Made me chuckle on this deadly serious subject.


Reply 15 - Posted by: whyyeseyec, 12/28/2012 3:38:51 PM     (No. 9087810)

I am the govn an I don`t wish to donate to myself.


Reply 16 - Posted by: Spidey, 12/28/2012 4:05:09 PM     (No. 9087833)

I actually believe that if there was a serious crackdown on spending people would donate towards the debt.

Obama just gave federal workers a raise in the face of yet another recession,probably for their support in winning Va.,at least so yeah,there´s no point in sending these reckless goons more money.

Welfare should simply be stopped 9 months from today with no newcomers hopping on the bus.I don´t want to hear this crap about it not being the kid´s fault.Build group homes to warehouse these reckless people if need be.

Obama´s getting ready to throw even more billions down the refinance rathole,in fact if you were foreclosed on,you might qualify for a big payout.It´s pure insanity.


Reply 17 - Posted by: Rabidrabbit1, 12/28/2012 4:07:28 PM     (No. 9087836)

As soon as you pay down my debt, I will gladly contribute extra to pay off the nation´s debts.


   

 

  


 
Reply 18 - Posted by: craige, 12/28/2012 4:09:09 PM     (No. 9087838)

Our national debt is around 100% of GDP.
If everyone sent in ALL of their earned income for a year, it still wouldn´t pay off the debt.

The debt is being monetized (through inflation) as you read this. Once a dollar is worth a penny, the value of the debt will only be $160,000 billion.


Reply 19 - Posted by: zoidberg, 12/28/2012 4:12:03 PM     (No. 9087841)

Like most other Ldotters (I assume) I work five months a year to pay what the government demands from me. So, I already gave at the office.


Reply 20 - Posted by: crimea river, 12/28/2012 4:16:37 PM     (No. 9087844)

If you have an extra dollar in your pay check, use it to pay down your own debt. Any more, give it to your children because they will be the ones stuck with the tab.


Reply 21 - Posted by: schnapps, 12/28/2012 4:20:28 PM     (No. 9087848)

Anyone else see the irony that Scott Soucy is using borrowed money to fund his campaign to pay down the US debt?


Reply 22 - Posted by: fire_mission, 12/28/2012 4:22:17 PM     (No. 9087850)

Here, Infectiously Positive=Beyond Stupid and Delusional


   

 



 
Reply 23 - Posted by: verdantheart, 12/28/2012 4:26:17 PM     (No. 9087857)

Does anyone know if the chief negotiators on the fiscal cliff, whoever that may be, took arithmetic and math courses in elementary, secondary and higher education classes? I am not getting it. What they are talking about is basically a math problem. I´m embarassed for the nation at their handling of this situation. I´m sure the Russians and others are snickering in their vodka.


Reply 24 - Posted by: SouthSanAntonio, 12/28/2012 4:37:23 PM     (No. 9087863)

Let me guess, Mr. Soucy is a registered Demon-RAT...


Reply 25 - Posted by: Attercliffe, 12/28/2012 4:58:13 PM     (No. 9087888)

IIRC, Mike Huckabee, when he was governor of Arkansas, replied to the lefties who criticized him for cutting taxes (because it would mean no increase in social services funding), okay, I´m opening up a special account for where you critics who want more money to go to these programs can send a check.

And again, IIRC, nobody sent any checks.


Reply 26 - Posted by: Feebie, 12/28/2012 5:09:49 PM     (No. 9087902)

What? Because half of my check isn´t enough for those lying, theiving bloodsuckers? Are you kidding me?!

Talk about enabling "addicts". Our custodians of the public good.... Our "elected officials" are addicts - along with the taker crowd. Addicted to OPM (other people´s money).

On what planet does it make sense to give more OPM to an addict?

They (and this Polly Anna) can shove it. They already get too much from me as it is.

Why don´t they encourage people to pay off their own debts - giving themselves more financial stability in times of economic depression? I think they like having people indebted and ignorant. Much easier to control.

What a horrifying, amoral little man!


Reply 27 - Posted by: kenecarroll, 12/28/2012 5:22:09 PM     (No. 9087911)

Well, Well, Well now there Mr. Soucy. In case you haven´t heard now..."O", ZERO, the Won, or what ever you may want to call the idiot in our White House. He is gonna take another $6000 out of my pay check this coming year and is looking for even more. Do you really think that I would give these B#$t@&ds a dime more of MY HARD earned $$$$. Go take a looonngg hike off a short pier with the rest of your liberal friends.


Reply 28 - Posted by: Peterieck, 12/28/2012 5:26:18 PM     (No. 9087915)

How many seconds can Air Force One operate on what this clown sent in?


Reply 29 - Posted by: Starlady, 12/28/2012 5:43:59 PM     (No. 9087931)

I am so glad many posters had the same reaction I did when I saw this dude on Fox and Friends this morning. First, I thought he sounded like a liberal. Second, I thought the Congress needs to make do with the taxes we already send. Third, I thought this really isn´t the problem, it it SPENDING. If we pay down the debt with this moron´s idea then the Congress will just permit themselves more dollars to spend. No deal!


Reply 30 - Posted by: franq, 12/28/2012 5:56:38 PM     (No. 9087938)

Bunk. He can implore, beseech, coerce, cajole, or just plain ask. I have way too much confiscated already, and I wager that over 50% of it is squandered.


Reply 31 - Posted by: LouD, 12/28/2012 6:23:57 PM     (No. 9087960)

Can´t disagree with any of the posts here. Oh, wait. When I was young and laid off (in the 50´s), it wasn´t the taxpayers who funded unemployment benefits. It was from a fund that came from employers! No average worker´s money, just funded by employers.


Reply 32 - Posted by: ColonialAmerican1623, 12/28/2012 9:44:39 PM     (No. 9088107)

If someone called, do you really think the gov knows Scott or where his $500 went ?

It´s a spit in the ocean. Zippy spends so fast and gives away so much, we could never make a dent in the national debt.

#2 is the winner of the day


Reply 33 - Posted by: BarryNo, 12/28/2012 11:39:22 PM     (No. 9088163)

Frankly every Man, woman and child should refuse to give the government a lead plug until they get their spending under control.

Why feed a bad habit?Stop paying taxes, today!!


Reply 34 - Posted by: Trigger2, 12/29/2012 5:45:29 AM     (No. 9088290)

No donations from me. Barry would just write an executive order to confiscate it.


Reply 35 - Posted by: judy, 12/29/2012 6:53:59 AM     (No. 9088315)

What kind of business is he in....selling twinkles...what a joke...DC is spending & giving taxpayers $$$$$$ away & we´re supposed to pay it down with our donations...


Reply 36 - Posted by: Nevadadad46, 12/29/2012 8:30:35 PM     (No. 9089260)

What an idiot! Give the gummint more money they will simply spend it! Any moron could figure that out. No- if we do anything we should be cutting how much money these jerks we have "representing" us have.



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