Budget Imbalance, State Welfare

ALG News ^ | December 2, 2008 | Bill Wilson

[CampusKing]

"Today, President-elect Barack Obama is meeting with governors of the several states to discuss federal approaches for balancing state budgets. When he does, he must be careful not to create a new federal entitlement program that thoroughly corrupts the state budgetary process by holding harmless derelict spending."

[CampusKing]

Congress must not create a new federal entitlement by bailing out state and local governments from budget deficits.

[Cicero]

I hate to say it, but isn’t that the whole purpose of Alinskiite attacks on America? To overload and wreck the system?

[RC2]

I watched the Great One. He said “uh” about 70 times when I stopped counting. He can’t talk without it being written down for him. If you noticed, when he announced people he appointed, like Hillary, and they had their say, they all read their speeches. Even Biden. Even they will be controlled by his speech writers.

[utherdoul]

novel concept cut spending dramatically, and put people who recieve welfare to work paving roads, picking up garbage, and cleaning public restrooms hopefully getting rid of overpaid state employees. I don’t care how “disabled” you are you can always do some kind of work.

And lower taxes on people who are working, relax laws on bussiness and poof give it a few years and your problems are solved.

[griswold3]

What better way to create a ‘Nation State’ from a Nation of States!
Can’t let a good ‘crisis’ go to waste!

[avacado]

"I hate to say it, but isn’t that the whole purpose of Alinskiite attacks on America? To overload and wreck the system?"

BINGO! Overburden the system to bring it down.

[Tublecane]

“What better way to create a ‘Nation State’ from a Nation of States!
Can’t let a good ‘crisis’ go to waste!”

Hey, Hamilton did it, pretty much right out of the gate.

[Seaplaner]

Congress must not create a new federal entitlement by bailing out state and local governments from budget deficits.

You are completely correct my FRiend.

As one who spent many decades working for the govt, I can promise you that the only way to get govt to spend less is to allocate less.

As a young manager at a state university, I once got into big trouble for creating a smaller budget request than was presented for the previous year. Then, I re-did the budget up to the previous level (by going on a shopping spree for wholly unneeded equipment) and I then received compliments from my superiors.

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[Joan Kerrey]

by going on a shopping spree for wholly unneeded equipment
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Standard operating procedure in most government offices including the military. As the fiscal year closes in on them there is a flurry of spending. If you don’t spend every dime you can not expect to justify the same or higher budget for next year.

It’s high time these clowns experience real hardship like the American people are now. Unless they are screaming and throwing tantrums these clowns are not cut enough and even then I’d wait for suicides before reversing budget reductions. The waste we can find everywhere is outrageous.

[facedown]

Congress must not create a new federal entitlement by bailing out state and local governments from budget deficits.

Of course they will.