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Posted on 3/11/19 at 9:49 pm to Taxing Authority
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Look, I get it. There’s plenty of blame to go around. But our government is functioning exactly as intended. Both republican and Democrat voters love entitlements. There Is huge bipartisan support for those programs. Neither side is going to cut them
Not to sound cynical but I’ve always viewed entitlements as giveaways so that we can go about living our lives without the lower class disrupting society until it can no longer function.
This post was edited on 3/11/19 at 9:50 pm
Posted on 3/11/19 at 9:50 pm to stuntman
quote:Aye. But some like to be blurred with other people’s money.
Everyone is greedy.
quote:clearly. And is shoes no signs of changing any time soon. Personal responsibility is very mimuch NOT en vogue.
Not everyone understands the role of government in society.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 9:53 pm to yatesdog38
quote:Its almost like we shouldn’t have doubled he debt in the previous 8 years or something.
Missing assumptions over growth affect the debt servicing costs even more. It compounds them.
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I thought yall were conservatives.
I’m plenty conservative. This isn’t my fault. I’d happily vote for any candidate that wanted to end SS and Medicare. Hell I might change my name to Hernandez and vote twice. But is only be one of about 30 people in the whole country to do it. Posted on 3/11/19 at 9:54 pm to TOKEN
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Trump should have gone infrastructure instead of tax cuts in my opinion
He tried but Paul Ryan did not want to address it because he knew that Trump would support a fuel tax increase. Now Nancy will not let him get a victory before the election.
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instead of tax cuts in my opinion
You are a democrat. Your opinion does not count.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 9:56 pm to TOKEN
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It’s [spending] always been a concern of mine.
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Trump should have gone infrastructure instead of tax cuts in my opinion
we love spending!!Posted on 3/11/19 at 9:56 pm to TOKEN
quote:Because of all the revolutions we had prior to 1965, eh?
Not to sound cynical but I’ve always viewed entitlements as giveaways so that we can go about living our lives without the lower class disrupting society until it can no longer function.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 9:59 pm to TOKEN
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We have a revenue problem
Always the go-to for the Democrats: We need to raise taxes so we can spend more!
Posted on 3/11/19 at 10:11 pm to TOKEN
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Trump should have gone infrastructure instead of tax cuts in my opinion
States still can.
And Boomers started hitting medicare age about 11 years ago, they're gonna start dying off. More and more meds are generic, but still have to reign in drug prices and get rid of these bullshite PBM's that have helped a 2000% price hike in that time despite the promise they'd bring it down. Mandate the healthcare and pharmacy benefits are paid from the same pocket. There's a disconnect now. Medicare part D plans and prescription insurers do what's best for them, not what's best overall. They can't keep cutting reimbursement to providers while demanding more and piling on more paper work. It's unsustainable. There's waaaaay more than enough money spent on "healthcare" but far too much goes to administrative costs. Medicaid is abused and misused. Very inefficient. A dentist get $100 to clean teeth, but a doctor will only get $70 tops for a high level complex patient with a life threatening acute issue and numerous comorbid conditions. So, no one takes it. They get their primary care at ER's and urgent cares. Need more personal responsibility and accountability on the pt's part. It's insanity. I can go on for days.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 10:13 pm to TOKEN
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Hey I know we have a spending problem. But there is also the anticipation of a growth problem or revenue.
Then we need to broaden the tax base. Period. Everyone needs to pay their fair share.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 10:16 pm to Jjdoc
Sad it will take 15 years to balance the budget.
Then the green new deal dems come along....just to make it a certainty America folds
Then the green new deal dems come along....just to make it a certainty America folds
Posted on 3/11/19 at 10:19 pm to WeeWee
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Ike was right.
Just read his farewell address for the first time. Wow.
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Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop, has been overshadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields. In the same fashion, the free university, historically the fountainhead of free ideas and scientific discovery, has experienced a revolution in the conduct of research. Partly because of the huge costs involved, a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity. For every old blackboard there are now hundreds of new electronic computers.
The prospect of domination of the nation’s scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present--and is gravely to be regarded.
Archives.gov
Posted on 3/11/19 at 10:25 pm to Jjdoc
He needs to freeze all spending at current rates, including military, until each department can present a strong case for exemption. Trump needs to be the CEO here. We can't survive on current spending. Make them earn it.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 10:43 pm to TOKEN
The treasury has had several record months are far as revenue goes since the tax cuts. Revenue isnt the problem. Spending is the problem
Posted on 3/11/19 at 10:49 pm to Jjdoc
quote:So, he’s reducing spending by 65% next year?
Trump's budget is $2.7T in spending cuts
Yeah......NO.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 10:50 pm to TOKEN
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We have a revenue problem
Your brain is broken.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 11:21 pm to Green Chili Tiger
quote:the one godamn thing the government is actually supposed to be done and you bitch about that.
:sigh:
Posted on 3/12/19 at 1:10 am to ApexTiger
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Sad it will take 15 years to balance the budget.
it’s never going to be balanced again. 
Posted on 3/12/19 at 1:48 am to LSURussian
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So, he’s reducing spending by 65% next year?
Did anybody read the link?
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But the president’s budget takes aim at government spending by calling for a 5 percent reduction in nondefense discretionary spending that will keep the budget under statutory spending caps. With the proposals included in the request for Congress, projections indicate the budget would be balanced by 2034, according to the Office of Management and Budget.
Five percent budget reductions and Washington goes ape shite.
We are truly fricked.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 5:06 am to TOKEN
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We have a revenue problem and those tax cuts are a big reason why the deficit grew.
horse shite
No matter how much revenue we have the assholes will spend more.
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