Washington Sees Incomes Soar as Most of U.S. Declines

[Goinback2011]

You have to stop the stealing of taxpayer money to limit the power of politicians. It's very simple. Defund the federal government.

[urbanlife78]

Originally Posted by pnwmdk

Oh, quite a few will.

It is Democrats who will stand to a man and fight to the death, cheat, lie, steal, commit fraud, and anything else they can do to prevent it.

Then you are naive if you think the Republicans care about the size of the government.

[ntwrkguy1]

Originally Posted by wutitiz

Get the federal gov't back down to 18% of GDP (from its current 22.7%) and most of us would be happy. Then you can have a bloated state gov't like NY or CA, or a non-bloated like Idaho or Texas. People can vote with their feet as to which they prefer. There is no escape from the federal gov't unless you are willing to leave the country.

That's reasonable. Honestly, the fed should never approach 25% of GDP, and it's damn near there.

And you're right, you can vote with your feet. I prefer Idaho's approach over California's approach.