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Yep, that's right. Cutting Federal Spending and "getting rid of immigrants (#2)" are the top priorities for conservatives.
Nothing about economic growth, education, repairing our infrastructure, or health care?
Yep, cutting the size and scope of the federal government means: Smaller EPA, more economic growth. Get rid of Obamacare, more full time jobs. Get the federal government out of education and get rid of Common Core, have school choice, more HS graduates.
Rolling back Obama's unlawful amnesty is not "getting rid of immigrants", so you are lying. Illegals are not immigrants they are squatters. This is an issue about Obama bypassing congress to make law. He is acting like a king. The federal judge issued a stay to stop him which he is ignoring. He should be in jail.
If Iraq cost $! trillion a year, how did Bush pull off such low deficit numbers?
One of the many strategies used to secure Congress's approval of war was creating and sustaining the perception that it would be near costless.
The reality is the vast majority of spending was treated as an" off the books" expense achieved via supplementary emergency appropriations independent of the Pentagon's annual budget.
We've run up gargantuan deficits Bush's last year (when Dems controlled the House & Senate), and every year since Obama's been President (though the Repub contolled House and now Senate are reducing it), what have we gotten for all that spending..imo, not much. Haven't improved infrastructure or health care.
Liberals, do you think doubling taxes and giving it to non-workers and non-producers will improve things?
We've run up gargantuan deficits Bush's last year (when Dems controlled the House & Senate), and every year since Obama's been President (though the Repub contolled House and now Senate are reducing it), what have we gotten for all that spending..imo, not much. Haven't improved infrastructure or health care.
Liberals, do you think doubling taxes and giving it to non-workers and non-producers will improve things?
Put the koolaid down. The GOP is no better at "cutting the budget" than the Dems are. The GOP was in chatrge 6.5 out of the 8 yearts Bush was in the WH and nothing improved. Neither side wants spending cuts.
i was in complete agreement with you, until the last in bold. there would have to be jobs lost, but they would be the expensive upper management jobs in duplicate departments.
Thats not really true. Just because government isnt "doing" it, doesnt mean it doesnt need to be done..
For example, if government pickups trash in your area, and all of a sudden they stop, this doesnt make trash pickup disappear. This would just get contracted out to the private sector.
Thats not really true. Just because government isnt "doing" it, doesnt mean it doesnt need to be done..
For example, if government pickups trash in your area, and all of a sudden they stop, this doesnt make trash pickup disappear. This would just get contracted out to the private sector.
Nobody's debating the point that cuts in federal spending needs to be done. Nobody in Washington seems to be willing to do it.
Military? I start closing overseas bases. I reduce administrative redundancy. I make each department justify the budget and all line items, and cut the fat.
If you have ever had any significant role in any business, you know that almost any decent sized department can find ways to reduce its budget.
Part of my question was WHY are you cutting the budget?
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Originally Posted by rbohm
if he is like me, the first thing i would do is start consolidating departments that have similar responsibilities. for instance there are something like five different departments that inspect meat for human consumption, that can be cut down to two departments. there are also a number of departments that inspect produce, again they can be cut down to two departments.
federal law enforcement can also be consolidated as well into a few departments. these changes alone would save a ton of money due to the elimination of expensive upper management.
after that a modest 5% reduction in spending by every department, including the military, would be instituted. the military can bolster their training and supply budgets by cutting unneeded weapons programs.
Why? Why are we cutting everything by 5%?
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Repeal Obamacare, tax cuts to stimulate the economy, get dead beats off welfare, schools are overfunded so they are fine.
States can take care of their roads.
Problem solved.
How many times does voodoo economics have to blatantly fail for you conservatives to realize it is bullcrap? Tax cuts do not stimulate the economy.
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Originally Posted by OICU812
Agreed, GOP under Bush did not cut spending, the dems under Obama did not either, no one is.
The establishment politicians in both parties love all this mad spending by the government, it makes them powerful movers and shakers, they get to pick the winners and losers.
Well duhhhhh. The government is suppose to spend money!
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Which is why we need a balanced budget amendment and strict accounting rules for the government.
A balanced budget amendment will never happen because it is stupid. The economy cannot grow without Federal Spending.
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Originally Posted by rikoshaprl
Yep, cutting the size and scope of the federal government means: Smaller EPA, more economic growth. Get rid of Obamacare, more full time jobs. Get the federal government out of education and get rid of Common Core, have school choice, more HS graduates.
Rolling back Obama's unlawful amnesty is not "getting rid of immigrants", so you are lying. Illegals are not immigrants they are squatters. This is an issue about Obama bypassing congress to make law. He is acting like a king. The federal judge issued a stay to stop him which he is ignoring. He should be in jail.
My point was when are conservatives going to come up with policy of their own? Everything is a repeal.
Put the koolaid down. The GOP is no better at "cutting the budget" than the Dems are. The GOP was in chatrge 6.5 out of the 8 yearts Bush was in the WH and nothing improved. Neither side wants spending cuts.
He didnt let Bush, nor the Republicans off the hook.
He didnt let Bush, nor the Republicans off the hook.
I respecfully disagree. See below:
We've run up gargantuan deficits Bush's last year (when Dems controlled the House & Senate), and every year since Obama's been President (though the Repub contolled House and now Senate are reducing it), what have we gotten for all that spending..imo, not much. Haven't improved infrastructure or health care.
Liberals, do you think doubling taxes and giving it to non-workers and non-producers will improve things?
Looks like somebody was "let off the hook."
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