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Posted on 3/16/17 at 12:31 pm to cahoots
No it's spending money that it should not.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 12:34 pm to cahoots
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I don't give two shits about the NEA. I just think it's funny that it's being championed as government was
This is false.
If the left wasn't squealing like a pig over it, it would just be some line in the budget that got removed
Posted on 3/16/17 at 12:51 pm to cahoots
It could have been a $200 billion increase in defense spending and republicans still wouldn't care
Posted on 3/16/17 at 12:53 pm to cahoots
quote:also defined as cutting $6 billion from the NIH
1,000 steps backwards
Posted on 3/16/17 at 12:55 pm to cahoots
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Isn't cutting the NEA just feel good legislation?
Maybe, but the left has taught me that the only thing that matters is how I feel, so the NEA has to go.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 12:55 pm to cahoots
Fed Gov has a direct obligation to defend this nation.
Argue about the budget all day. That's warranted.
Show me, in the constitution, where arts and federal theft are part of Fed Gov's obligation to Americans.
That's the point.
Argue about the budget all day. That's warranted.
Show me, in the constitution, where arts and federal theft are part of Fed Gov's obligation to Americans.
That's the point.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 12:57 pm to roadGator
quote:If we're gonna play the "show me the Constitutional text" game then we're gonna have some words about the Army clause and that two-year limit on appropriations
Show me, in the constitution, where arts and federal theft are part of Fed Gov's obligation to Americans.
This post was edited on 3/16/17 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 3/16/17 at 12:57 pm to roadGator
So if its a "small" waste, it is perfectly acceptable?
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:04 pm to Iosh
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If we're gonna play the "show me the Constitutional text" game then we're gonna have some words about the Army clause and that two-year limit on appropriations
Let's do that.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:05 pm to The Maj
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So if its a "small" waste, it is perfectly acceptable?
I wouldn't consider it a waste. I would just consider it outside of the duties of FedGov.
Well, NPR is becoming a waste as they have tilted too far left.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:05 pm to cahoots
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Isn't cutting the NEA just feel good legislation?
Yes. It feels good.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:14 pm to cahoots
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Isn't cutting the NEA just feel good legislation?
Yes and no. When looking at the amount of money it gets in relation to the total budget it is indeed much more a placebo than anything else. The problem is there are tons of NEA's, so much so that part of the federal spending problem is the suffering of a death by a thousand cuts.
In the grander scheme though it needs to be an example of what has to happen (ie: nothing is sacred) in order to get spending under control before the US defaults on a debt payment (which, if we continue at this pace of ~$.5T annual deficit spending, will be within the next 20-30 years). In another post a week or so ago another poster mentioned that we need an across-the-board 10% cut to everything to get spending under control. After looking at budget numbers I showed that even that wasn't enough and that we would need more like a 15-20% cut across the board just to not be in annual deficits.
So while cutting the NEA is peanuts, it's hopefully just the beginning of painful BUT NEEDED cuts to everything.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:16 pm to cahoots
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Trump is proposing a $50 billion increase in defense spending. The total NEA budget is equivalent to only 0.3% of the INCREASE in defense spending. A single fighter jet costs twice as much as the entire NEA budget.
I don't give two shits about the NEA. I just think it's funny that it's being championed as government waste in the face of a bloated military.
One step forward, 1,000 steps backwards
Ok, so let's agree to cut defense spending by the same amount as we cut other programs.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:19 pm to cahoots
quote:Start complaining about our worldwide commitments if you really have a problem with defense spending.
Trump is proposing a $50 billion increase in defense spending.
This post was edited on 3/16/17 at 1:21 pm
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:20 pm to cahoots
Funding for the arts is not going away. Just won't be my tax money funding it.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:21 pm to cahoots
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Isn't cutting the NEA just feel good legislation?
Yeah, kinda like scratching my nuts. It's not always necessary but they feel better when you do it.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:24 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
Progressives are so retarded.
"Trump wants $56B in increased spending for the military OMG the warhawk"
No, Trump wants $28B in increased spending for the military, spending that is desparately needed btw, and knows that if he starts out at $28B, he'll have to settle for $6B. It's called a negotiating tactic.
the NEA won't be defunded either, it will have a smaller budget for sure, but in the end, it isn't going to be gotten rid of.
"Trump wants $56B in increased spending for the military OMG the warhawk"
No, Trump wants $28B in increased spending for the military, spending that is desparately needed btw, and knows that if he starts out at $28B, he'll have to settle for $6B. It's called a negotiating tactic.
the NEA won't be defunded either, it will have a smaller budget for sure, but in the end, it isn't going to be gotten rid of.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:28 pm to cahoots
quote:
Isn't cutting the NEA just feel good legislation?
If it feels good, do it man...don't be such an uptight square, man.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:30 pm to cahoots
There are thousands of useless programs like the NEA that account for less than 1% of spending. Cut all of them and you're making significant progress. But each of them will claim 'how little we take.'
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