Republicans have full control, let's balance the budget finally
House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price, R-Ga., and Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., plan to produce blueprints that would balance the budget within 10 years — without raising taxes.
Instead, they will propose major spending cuts to programs such as Medicare, health care subsidies, food stamps and the Medicaid program for the poor and elderly to produce a budget that's balanced. Such cuts, if actually implemented later, would likely slash spending by $5 trillion or so over the coming decade from budgets that are presently on track to spend almost $50 trillion over that timeframe.
"If we're going to have a lower (defense) number than the president of the United States is proposing, we have no credibility on saying that we are committed to defending this nation — not when every service chief, every witness before our committee says it will devastate ... our ability to defend the nation," McCain said. "You can't do that and claim that you care about national defense."
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/gop-offer-budget-blueprint-medicare-070808130.html
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We should just keep spending $1 trillion more a year then we take it. No problems there.
And are they actual "cuts", or are they just cuts in the 8-10% year over year growth rates (to something like 3-5% increases).
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I don't know this, but yet, you think we spend a trillion more than we take in every year. Got it.HoustonHusky said:We should just keep spending $1 trillion more a year then we take it. No problems there.
And are they actual "cuts", or are they just cuts in the 8-10% year over year growth rates (to something like 3-5% increases).
I know you don't actually know this...
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This is a gift to the Dems -
The Executive Branch, and the VETO super majority rule both disagree with your title.
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Why would I think that? Let's see...2001400ex said:
I don't know this, but yet, you think we spend a trillion more than we take in every year. Got it.HoustonHusky said:We should just keep spending $1 trillion more a year then we take it. No problems there.
And are they actual "cuts", or are they just cuts in the 8-10% year over year growth rates (to something like 3-5% increases).
I know you don't actually know this...
2009 - $1.4 trillion
2010 - $1.3 trillion
2011 - $1.3 trillion
2012 - $1.1 trillion
2013 - $0.7 trillion
2014 - $0.5 trillion
2015* - $0.6 trillion (estimated to go back up, and that's before bringing in reality which is that there is no chance in hell we have almost 4% GDP growth and all the other optimism).
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"On the backs of the poor and elderly"
I always find that talking point especially stupid because it's as if anyone who uses that phrase forgets that we are talking about massive government programs, which are uniquely vulnerable to fraud, waste, and abuse.
thefiscaltimes.com/2015/03/09/Social-Security-Watchdog-I-See-Dead-People
Or how about food stamps, whose budget has increased nearly 50% under Obama and abuse is rampant particularly since the program has grown?
thefiscaltimes.com/2015/02/26/74-Billion-Food-Stamp-Program-Budget-Crosshairs
As for Medicare, fraud is so widespread that about 10% of all Medicare billings are fraudulent and it even has its own Wikipedia page:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_fraud
And for Medicaid, Social Security Disability fraud has also been an increasing problem:
reformssdinow.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Fraud-SSDI.pdf
So don't you think if each of the budgets are trimmed it will sharpen the "minds" at these departments to hasten their work on rooting out fraud and abuse? Or will they prove that bureaucrats are mostly lazy pieces of shit who maintain the status quo of letting our taxpayer dollars walk out the door?
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14 year old Honda's don't maintain themselves. Sometimes you have to convince Mom to take your atv to the dealer so someone with skills can repair it.
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Add budget hawk to hondo s resume
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Because there's no fraud, waste, or abuse in defense? No corporate welfare we can cut?HFNY said:"On the backs of the poor and elderly"
I always find that talking point especially stupid because it's as if anyone who uses that phrase forgets that we are talking about massive government programs, which are uniquely vulnerable to fraud, waste, and abuse.
thefiscaltimes.com/2015/03/09/Social-Security-Watchdog-I-See-Dead-People
Or how about food stamps, whose budget has increased nearly 50% under Obama and abuse is rampant particularly since the program has grown?
thefiscaltimes.com/2015/02/26/74-Billion-Food-Stamp-Program-Budget-Crosshairs
As for Medicare, fraud is so widespread that about 10% of all Medicare billings are fraudulent and it even has its own Wikipedia page:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_fraud
And for Medicaid, Social Security Disability fraud has also been an increasing problem:
reformssdinow.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Fraud-SSDI.pdf
So don't you think if each of the budgets are trimmed it will sharpen the "minds" at these departments to hasten their work on rooting out fraud and abuse? Or will they prove that bureaucrats are mostly lazy pieces of shit who maintain the status quo of letting our taxpayer dollars walk out the door?
Here's my point. Cut from everywhere. You don't read well. -
You're not too knowledgeable about the budget are you?
Did you know that defense has already been cut? And did you know that they are already (wisely) looking at trimming the overly generous benefits that military spouses receive?
And exactly what "corporate welfare" would you like to cut? The devil is in the details.2001400ex said:
Because there's no fraud, waste, or abuse in defense? No corporate welfare we can cut?HFNY said:"On the backs of the poor and elderly"
I always find that talking point especially stupid because it's as if anyone who uses that phrase forgets that we are talking about massive government programs, which are uniquely vulnerable to fraud, waste, and abuse.
thefiscaltimes.com/2015/03/09/Social-Security-Watchdog-I-See-Dead-People
Or how about food stamps, whose budget has increased nearly 50% under Obama and abuse is rampant particularly since the program has grown?
thefiscaltimes.com/2015/02/26/74-Billion-Food-Stamp-Program-Budget-Crosshairs
As for Medicare, fraud is so widespread that about 10% of all Medicare billings are fraudulent and it even has its own Wikipedia page:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_fraud
And for Medicaid, Social Security Disability fraud has also been an increasing problem:
reformssdinow.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Fraud-SSDI.pdf
So don't you think if each of the budgets are trimmed it will sharpen the "minds" at these departments to hasten their work on rooting out fraud and abuse? Or will they prove that bureaucrats are mostly lazy pieces of shit who maintain the status quo of letting our taxpayer dollars walk out the door?
Here's my point. Cut from everywhere. You don't read well.
