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Posted on 07/28/2011 11:39:35 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
Well, it should be clear to all by now, that neither party is serious about cutting spending. We the people have been warning the politicians for decades that their big spending would lead us to bankruptcy. Well, guess what. We're nearly there. Obama has spent and committed more money than all of the presidents before him and now we're broke and will have problems borrowing more. Our credit rating will be hit, interest rates will rise, cost of government will soar even higher.
No matter what they say, we're in a deep recession. Millions of people unemployed. Businesses cutting back or shutting their doors. Too risky to invest or make long term plans. Too risky to expand or hire new employees. People everywhere are having to do with less, much less.
And our politicians are wringing their hands having no idea what to do about it. They're tossing one bill after another out there, but none of them do diddly squat about addressing the problem.
IT's THE SPENDING, STUPID!! And the solution is to CUT THE SPENDING, STUPID!!
CUT IT!! CUT IT DEEP!! CUT IT NOW!!
We the people have had to cut our spending, now it's time for the big spending government to cut theirs!!
It's time to shutter entire departments! It's time to cut the payroll! Cut the pensions! Cut the bennies! Strip the unconstitutional and unnecessary departments and programs!! Cut the bloated government! Bring our troops home! Abolish the EPA!! Abolish the TSA!! Abolish and shutter as many ABC departments as we possibly can!! REPEAL OBAMACARE!! ObamaCare is totally unnecessary, unwanted and unconstitutional. Pure socialist pork! REPEAL IT!! REPEAL IT NOW!!
When the government does these things, then we'll know they are serious!
Until then, a pox on the whole lot!
Call your congressional reps today and demand that they do not raise the debt ceiling under any circumstances whatsoever!! We're deep enough in debt already!! CUT THE SPENDING, DAMMIT!!
And if they refuse, vote the corrupt, big spending, business as usual bastards OUT!!
Rebellion is brewing!!
Go, TEA party!!
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Have you been following the House votes now? There was an amendment to the 2012 budget to reduce by 56M the funds for Smithsonian salaries and it was voted down and then an amendment to reduce by 11M the funds for NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) and it too was voted down.
I just don’t get it. It makes me crazy the things that are happening and by so called pubbies.
About a month ago, my hero, Dave Ramsey laid out the financial conversion of the federal budget to how it would look for the average family. My numbers may be off a bit as I am doing it from memory, but the scope is there.
Average Family, if they spent like the feds:
Annual Income: $50,000
Annual Spending: $90,000 - 180% of annual income
Existing CC bill: $330,000
Now, if this same family wanted to increase their income (raise revenues) and they patterned that after the same numbers that the dems are discussing for “taxing the rich” it would equal that family getting a second job that earns an extra income of $80 per year……yes, that is eighty dollars, I did not leave of a K or anything….
But don’t worry about it, this family doesn’t have a spending problem either.
Okay.
I’ve called, written and still cannot get an answer from my Conservative (or so self promoted) Jack Kingston as to where he stands... Unacceptable to say the least. As you said in your article and as I have expressed to his office and so many more you cannot spend more than you bring in so how can you support anything that allows this to continue? The silence is defeating.
Winning elections is not going to do it anymore, theres nothing we can do. The establishment has gone over to the dark side and I don’t believe there is anyone who can stop it now. Greece, here we come. If we can only manage to cut one trillion of future spending over ten years in exchange for one trillion that Obama can spend this year, then the situation is entirely hopelsss. That’s an order-of-magnitude or a 10 to 1 loss. The Republicans are throwing in the towel one by one. Even if we won all three branches, the media woulf shame them into keeping the ball rolling toward our demise. I remember when Bush had all three for awhile, we added free drugs to Medicaid and could not even cut the National Endowement of the Arts or NPR. Hopeless.
Thanks for the ping!
No. USSA here we come. The marxists are patient and the Republicans are spineless.
Cut Spending? Simple solutions confound idiots to no end, yaknow..
I give you .. ‘The BeltWay’.
No offense to BeltWay FReepers. :-)
an easy message would be lets take the 2007 budget put it on the table and vote it... for 2 years instead of one.
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Fedzilla's budget in 1987 $1.8 trillion dollars
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