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As soon as someone pairs tax increases with spending cuts, I’ll consider them at least moderately serious about the debt.
Social Security and Medicare are the big losers, but politicians ignore that fact.
“the tax cuts under Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump and their subsequent bipartisan extensions have added $10 trillion to the national debt so far.”
DH is not moderately serious.
We could collect enough to pay for social security and Medicare. We just choose not to.
Joe is now a fiscal hawk. Got it LOL. What programs would you cut Joe? Drug needles? Diversity programs? Taxpayer sponsored sex change operations?
On a different note, this won’t balance the budget, but it’s mind boggling how Congress and their staffs get paid during a shutdown they caused.
Let’s start locally. Can someone ask Patron Saint Andre how he justifies getting paid during a shutdown. IBJ employees; do you know any “journalists”?
Yes, let’s make sure to hammer Andre Carson. Ignore … whatever it is Greg Pence does. It’s fun that you think the local paper owned by local Republicans is in the bag for Andre Carson.
It’s adorable you’re listing programs you can’t find the budgetary impact of. Here is what you have to spend less on if you truly want to cut spending in a meaningful way
– the military (why do we need to modernize our nuclear weapons, exactly? Couldn’t they be 40 years old and be just as much a deterrent?)
– social security (maybe means testing for some recipients)
– Medicare (we spend a ton on health care but don’t get very good results because we foolishly think the free market has anything to do with health care, and we don’t spend very much on keeping people healthy as opposed to spending a lot on acute care. Not sure about you, but if I ever have a heart attack, I’m not calling around to get quotes on who can save me the cheapest)
The Republican plan to gut these programs is clear as day and they’ve been doing it since Reagan came along:
1) give the rich a giant tax cut, claiming falsely that we will make it up on revenues (we never do)
2) now that government revenues are down, pretend that rolling back the cuts is impossible and demand austerity
3) go back to Step 1
Joe B +1 that is correct
Joe B +2 yep.