[Paloma_55]

Shortly after my last post, I sorta realized that.

Another shortcoming of we Republicans is that we talk about cutting programs, but never really do it.

If I were making the rules, we would cut the federal government in half, increase the state by 10% and increase the city/and/or/county by 50%. We would come out ahead on taxes, but get better service.

The problem is, nobody at the local level ever wants to fund those holes created by a federal funding cut.

[Dutch Boy]

Another shortcoming of we Republicans is that we talk about cutting programs, but never really do it."

Talk about hitting the nail right on the head. When cutting the amount of growth is seen as a slash, real cutting isn't going to be easy. I recommend starting small. First off get rid of congression raises. They should have to vote a raise in by 75% of the full house and full senate.

You can't eat an elephant all at once. You have to do it one bite at a time.

[RedStateRocker]

I think it was Gordon R dickenson, or some other good Science Fiction writer that proposed the following:

Everyone gets their tax$ bill. The amount is immutable

Each taxpayer then assigns how much they put toward various functions: the bleeding heart say 80% welfare, 20% ecowackiness, the veteran 50% VA 50% military, someone else 100% space exploration.... End result- the programs that people care about get funded, the programs that no one cares about (the bridge to nowhere, foreign aid) die of atrophy.

I don't care if N.O gets one dime, but I damn well want my vet friends taken care of, a big enough army to scare the Chinese and muzzies, the border patrol well (and I mean WELL armed) and the rest to Space.

Better than log rolling and pork barrel the way things are now, IMO.