NYCEMS9115 Posted April 9, 2011 Posted April 9, 2011 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/blackberry/p.html?id=846614 I'm all for cutting $40B in Federal spending. Let's see what the next step will be.
HERBIE1 Posted April 9, 2011 Posted April 9, 2011 The only thing this tells me is that neither side is seriously about addressing the problem. The cuts made are fine, but are also a drop in the bucket compared to what we need to do. Change my arse. We're involved in yet another conflict that does not concern us, our debt is astronomical, as is our deficit, the closer we get to implementing the total Obamacare package, the more it costs us, gas prices are through the roof and only getting worse, unemployment is still around 10%, the housing market is still in the crapper, and the economy in general is on the verge of an inflationary spike. These guys are arguing over comparative peanuts- if you can call BILLIONS of dollars peanuts. The pie in the sky dreams of liberals sound great on paper, but as we can see, are simply unsustainable- and in a lousy economy, they are not only impossible, but irresponsible and reckless. Difficult choices need to be made, and unless we want a total collapse of our way of life, we need to make some drastic changes. We have entire departments and agencies in our government that never used to exist. We got along just fine without them, and now they have only become yet another sinkhole to lose money into.
Dustdevil Posted April 9, 2011 Posted April 9, 2011 We have entire departments and agencies in our government that never used to exist. We got along just fine without them, and now they have only become yet another sinkhole to lose money into. Yep. Dept of Education. Dept of Energy. Dept of Housing and Urban Development. Dept of Homeland Security. ATF. DEA. Border Patrol. U.S. Fire Administration. Fannie Mae. Securities & Exchange Commission. Etc...
HERBIE1 Posted April 9, 2011 Posted April 9, 2011 Yep. Dept of Education. Dept of Energy. Dept of Housing and Urban Development. Dept of Homeland Security. ATF. DEA. Border Patrol. U.S. Fire Administration. Fannie Mae. Securities & Exchange Commission. Etc... The problem isn't just with the agencies themselves, it's all the associated lobbyists and PAC groups that go along with them as well as the perks they use to influence the legislators. Many of the efforts of these agencies are either duplicated at the state, county, or local level, or are simply not needed. It's one thing to eliminate an unnecessary and/or redundant entity, but it's quite another for Congress to cut off their own gravy train. This president has only compounded the problem by creating even more czars and agencies to monitor and oversee other agencies- it's like incest, and it's only going to get worse. Obamacare alone has ensured even more red tape, bureaucracy, and oversight. If we eliminated just half of those alphabet soup agencies, think of the hundreds of millions we would save.
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