CBO says US to Fall off fiscal cliff
The CBO is saying that if we let the "Bush era tax cuts" expire, we will enter another recession. The issue is not revenue, the issue is spending. We can't continue the trend of deficit spending that we have been on for the last 20 years. We live in a great country, but as a country we can't give everyone a free ride.
If we continue the tax cuts permanently it will "cost" the US roughly 3.3 trillion over 10 years. I use "cost", because it is not costing the government anything, its not "costing" the government anything. The government doesn't make money, they take money, they are "letting" people keep the money that they earned. 3.3 trillion over 10 years is a drop in the bucket, we are currently at 15.7 trillion (not over 10 years, that is now).
We need to freeze government spending at current levels as a start, not automatic increase next year. We need to elect people into our government that understand what it takes to live within you means.
Showing posts with label government. Show all posts
Showing posts with label government. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Thursday, May 17, 2012
I'm confused
So is he from Kenya or isn't he? Breitbart....Obama was born in Kenya, wait ...sorry no he wasn't
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
This has to be a joke
Follow the link on Fox news to find out how Obama has been involved with every Presidency .
When I heard this, I thought it was a joke...then I looked it up and began laughing hysterically. I can't believe that this is actually posted on a .gov website.
It makes complete sense, this way when our youngsters are looking up info for their next book report they can find out how Obama has connected himself to everything Presidential. I have a better idea, lets just make all past President's names hyphenated
Calvin Coolidge-Obama
Theodore Roosevelt-Obama
Abraham Lincoln-Obama
John Quincy Obama
Barack Hussein Obama - Kennedy- Reagan - Bush - Bush - Obama
When I heard this, I thought it was a joke...then I looked it up and began laughing hysterically. I can't believe that this is actually posted on a .gov website.
It makes complete sense, this way when our youngsters are looking up info for their next book report they can find out how Obama has connected himself to everything Presidential. I have a better idea, lets just make all past President's names hyphenated
Calvin Coolidge-Obama
Theodore Roosevelt-Obama
Abraham Lincoln-Obama
John Quincy Obama
Barack Hussein Obama - Kennedy- Reagan - Bush - Bush - Obama
Gun Laws
You mean to tell me that criminals don't follow the law? That is some revolutionary thinking.
"The philosophy of gun control: Teenagers are roaring through town at 90MPH, where the speed limit is 25. Your solution is to lower the speed limit to 20."
- Sam Cohen (inventor of the neutron bomb)
Video points out pointlessness of gun-free zones
"The philosophy of gun control: Teenagers are roaring through town at 90MPH, where the speed limit is 25. Your solution is to lower the speed limit to 20."
- Sam Cohen (inventor of the neutron bomb)
Video points out pointlessness of gun-free zones
Greece
The government of Greece has been on a spending spree for the last few decades and are like a crack addict unable to kick the habit. Bank runs have hit Greece, it amazes me that people are surprised. I am surprised that it hasn't happened sooner.
This is what happens when you have out of control spending by government and proof that socialism doesn't work. Allowing the government to pay for as much of your life as possible is easy, but the money has to come from somewhere. The debt of Greece has become so large that they are going to default and leave the Euro in hopes of salvaging their economy.
The US is no different, with current policies in place riddled with run-away spending there is no other end except for default. We can't continue to increase the debt ceiling every time we want, the ceiling is there for a reason, to make us stay within our means (that sounds comical when we have debt in excess of 15 trillion). A budget should not include mandatory increases every year in spending and finding more ways to spend taxpayer money.
If we want to reign in spending and pay down the debt, we need to spend less than we take in as a country. This does not mean "everybody paying their fair share" that means government not spending everyone's fair share on $20,000 toilets and $5,000 hammers. Now I will admit that socialism sounds sexy on paper, retire at 45 with full pay...awesome, but you can pull that off by working your ass off and saving your money.
My solution, for what its worth (a government hammer), is put in place a flat tax. That is truly the only way "everyone pays their fair share". We also need to freeze spending, I mean freeze, no automatic increase for inflation or any other political games. We then need to freeze the pay for all politicians, no raises until the budget is set to bring some of this spending under control. Lastly we need to get a budget that covers a year worth of government spending, none of the nonsense of cutting 25 million (over 15 years).
This is what happens when you have out of control spending by government and proof that socialism doesn't work. Allowing the government to pay for as much of your life as possible is easy, but the money has to come from somewhere. The debt of Greece has become so large that they are going to default and leave the Euro in hopes of salvaging their economy.
The US is no different, with current policies in place riddled with run-away spending there is no other end except for default. We can't continue to increase the debt ceiling every time we want, the ceiling is there for a reason, to make us stay within our means (that sounds comical when we have debt in excess of 15 trillion). A budget should not include mandatory increases every year in spending and finding more ways to spend taxpayer money.
If we want to reign in spending and pay down the debt, we need to spend less than we take in as a country. This does not mean "everybody paying their fair share" that means government not spending everyone's fair share on $20,000 toilets and $5,000 hammers. Now I will admit that socialism sounds sexy on paper, retire at 45 with full pay...awesome, but you can pull that off by working your ass off and saving your money.
My solution, for what its worth (a government hammer), is put in place a flat tax. That is truly the only way "everyone pays their fair share". We also need to freeze spending, I mean freeze, no automatic increase for inflation or any other political games. We then need to freeze the pay for all politicians, no raises until the budget is set to bring some of this spending under control. Lastly we need to get a budget that covers a year worth of government spending, none of the nonsense of cutting 25 million (over 15 years).
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Big Brother edition
Not sure if you have seen this Surveillance Cameras coming to US . Just what we need, this should prevent all crimes. If this doesn't stop crime, we should probably put in more cameras. THAT'S IT!! If we put cameras everywhere then crime will cease to exist.
To round out the nonsense Drones coming to the US
My guess is that neither one of these are going to be used only with a signed warrant from a judge.
I haven't heard it yet, but I'm sure this is for "the children"
To round out the nonsense Drones coming to the US
My guess is that neither one of these are going to be used only with a signed warrant from a judge.
I haven't heard it yet, but I'm sure this is for "the children"
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