GOP Proposes Tax Cuts, Spending Freeze
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WASHINGTON (AP) – House Republican Leader John Boehner onWednesday proposed a two-year freeze on all tax rates and a cut in government spending to the levels of 2008, before a deep recession took hold of the economy.
In a broadcast interview, the Ohio Republican said he was offering a “bipartisan” alternative to the package of business tax incentives and infrastructure spending that President Barack Obama was slated to announce later Wednesday in Cleveland.
Obama has charged that the GOP criticizes him harshly, without offering any policy alternatives. Boehner touted his freeze-and-cut roadmap to recovery as an option instead of a catchall spending bill that Congress would pass later this fall.
Boehner said the biggest problem with the economy currently is the “uncertainty facing small businesses” that have been reluctant to engage in significant new hiring.
Appearing on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Boehner said the American people are asking, “Where are the jobs?“ and that the Obama White House is ”out of touch” with voters. But he also said that “I‘m open to the president’s ideas.”
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conservativeme
Posted on September 9, 2010 at 12:25amLet’s make our congress part-time – maybe 4 months per year – including all their staff!
Report Post »AChristian
Posted on September 9, 2010 at 12:12amCutting spending is EASY. Try reducing the number of employees at every Gov. agency by 10%. Freeze all pay raises for Gov. employees, and all politicians until the budget has been reduced to a Designated level. That would be a “Sustainable” level. If it takes two full years So Be It.
Stop paying 1 term congressmen & women, and Senators a retirement after serving a minimum of one term. Stop paying off student loans for all congressional staffers. Cut the number of staffers by 75%. I think the current # of staffers is 22. WTF? Stop Nancy Pelosi from spending $18,753 a month for office space in San Francisco. That is paid by taxpayers. Stop Pelosi’s AF 2 round trip flights from D.C. to Frisco. Stop spending $$ so Bo, the Obamas dog, can fly on a seperate plane. Cut spending on education by 50%. Not 1 $ spent on education has made our students any smarter. The $$ go to the Teachers & their unions, not the students. Open up Federal infrastructure jobs to non-union bidders. Make earmarks a Federal crime. Make all lobbying activity a misdemenor 1st offense. A felony for a 2nd offense. Attach jail time to the punishment.
End the Anchor Baby plan. It is NOT in the 14th Amendent. Or anywhere in the Constitution. Refuse to educate, medicate, or incarcerate all ILLEGAL Aliens. End any & all welfare claims for Illegals. Lower the $$ numbers that allow a couple with two children and an income of $86,000 to qualify for several welfare programs. Lower the poverty level so individuals that earn $22-24,000 can NOT get any welfare of any kind. Bail out No person, place or thing. Get those making a livable wage off of welfare. Get those that do not really qualify for welfare, disability etc. the Heck off of the dole. Make WORK 1st the real deal. No work no Welfare.
Little by little, IT ALL ADDS UP! just like PinochioBams millions & millions of $5-10-& 20 campaign contributions. Yeah Right!
Report Post »Republic
Posted on September 9, 2010 at 12:04amFreeze the problem and when you thaw it out after two years you still have the same problems. We need massive government budget cuts, reduce taxes to the individual and especially business, no more money sent overseas, and overall responsibility shown by the government with OUR MONEY.
Mr. Boehner, show some real leadership and give the people a real plan. No more of the lollipops and gumballs! The People have grown well beyond that. We’re watching you!
Report Post »Yankee
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 11:50pmHow about this one: 15 minutes can save you 15 percent.
That’s all the time it takes to vote for candidates who promise to mandate an immediate 15 percent headcount reduction in CURRENT Federal Government employment in the DC area. After all, everyone reading this has gone through at least one of these cutbacks, but never the Federal Government. And you know that whatever it is that the Feds do — whatever that is — can be done just as well with 15 percent fewer workers, probably better. Considering that they all vote Democrat it‘s not like you’re going to lose any voters. Even show them greater consideration (bum’s rush) than you’ve received: two weeks severance for every year of service. Do take advantage of our outplacement services! I hear they’re hiring in North Dakota. Starbucks? I’m not sure…maybe Maxwell’s House. Wi Fi? In the right driveway. See Ya!
Oops, the tagline is already being used? Nevermind.
Report Post »Endstatism
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 11:06pmWe have to make some painful choices if we are going to preserve the financial integrity of the USA. Entitlements have to be cut. Its time to defund mommies who decide to have children out of wedlock. The defunding of that activity would also cure a serious social ill by taking away the incentive. The Defense Department must downsize the bureaucracy that sucks up far too many dollars without producing one new weapon. The federal government must sell off the real estate they own outside of parks and military bases. It is ridiculous that Washington owns substantial portions of property in western states and Alaska. Sell that property off to individuals and apply the money toward the national debt. Revive the Grace Commission report and implement the recommendations. Eliminate all unconstitutional government agencies like Education and Commerce. It is possible to balance the budget within a few years, but its going to require pain and unwavering leadership.
Report Post »freedom_gurl35
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 11:03pmReduce it to 2008 government spending levels? NOT GOOD ENOUGH. Not nearly good enough! We should be slashing and hacking the congressional budget into itty, bitty pieces at this point. Returning to a time when so-called Republicans were spending in a free fall isn’t going to solve anything.
Report Post »GraceSullivan
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 10:17pmThe republicans in the house have brought these cuts up and the democrats voted against them:
Cut the New Non-Reformed Welfare Program ($25 Billion Savings)
Eliminate Federal Employee Pay Raise ($30 Billion Savings)
Reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ($30 Billion Savings)
Sell Excess Federal Property ($15 Billion Savings)
Prohibit Hiring New IRS Agents to Enforce Health Care Law ($15 Billion Savings)
Taxpayer Subsidized Union Activities ($1.2 Billion Savings)
Prohibit Stimulus Funding for Promotional Signage (Tens of Millions)
Prohibit Sleeper Car Subsidies on Amtrak ($1.2 billion Savings)
Bipartisan Proposal to Terminate AEITC ($1.1 billion Savings)
Some more that they have proposed are:
Prohibit Mandated Project Labor Union Agreements That Increase Government Construction Costs
Saves: 10 to 20 percent per construction project, totaling hundreds of millions of dollars
Suspend Federal Land Purchases
Saves $266 million next year and $2.66 billion over ten years
Require Collection of Unpaid Taxes From Federal Employees
Savings of potentially $1 billion
In 2008, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reported that over 97,000 federal employees were delinquent on their federal income taxes, owing a total of $1 billion in unpaid taxes
Prohibit Taxpayer Funding for Campaigns in Foreign Countries and Recoup the Misspent Funds
Saves $23 million
Eliminate the “Dodd Clinic” Earmark From Obamacare
Savings of $100 million over ten years
The republicans are working hard to help America recover and it is the democrats who is stalling and voting good cuts in the budget down.
Report Post »Ellie
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 10:35pmAh yes, but I fear that the Overton window will move as slowly towards small government as it did towards total government (~100yr ish).
Report Post »Drydave
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 10:15pmWell, Poppopschell, I really wasn’t making assumptions specific to you. I was speaking more along the lines of our generation. While I may or may not be as old as you are, I am in my 50‘s and I’ve paid in thousands of dollars to the Social Security System as you have. However, it‘s been our generation that’s allowed the fox into the henhouse and someone needs to pay. It should be us, otherwise we’re going to bury our children and grandchildren under our legacy of debt.
So, regardless of who you are and what you’ve done in the past, you‘re not exempt from accepting a role in the mess that we’re in. And BTW, I’m not a wild Glenn Beck fan, but I‘m sure he’s speaking of individual honor, which is what I was speaking of. It’s all that I have control of. I’m not responsible for the honor of others, even the ones that claim to “represent” me in Congress and the White House. I am not renouncing honor; on the contrary. You are making unfair & insensitive assumptions by saying so. Fortunately I‘m pretty thick skinned and I don’t need to have my hand patted.
Still and all, my friend, we’re only going to get things right by people like us being honorable and sacrificing for something that will make a lasting change for the better, for future generations. Nothing will change if we all want things to change, unless it directly impacts us.
Report Post »kramh
Posted on September 9, 2010 at 9:27amDRYDAVE, You are correct about about the need too cut SS funding. But this will not happen untill the people collecting the funds would vote for a congress that would do this. I keep reading about SS trust funds being robbed. There is not a trust fund to rob. In the Supreme Court decision in Helvering v. Davis (1937) the holding states: The proceeds of both the employee and employer taxes are to be paid into the Treasury like any other internal revenue generally, and are not earmarked in any way. SS funds are a flat tax that none of us have a claim and SS checks are really just welfare based on the age of the person recieving the money.
Report Post »GraceSullivan
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 10:07pmThe republicans in the house have proposed these cuts
1. Prohibit Mandated Project Labor Union Agreements That Increase Government Construction Costs
2. Suspend Federal Land Purchases – will save about 266 million
3. Require Collection of Unpaid Taxes From Federal Employees – they owe about 1 billion
4. Prohibit Taxpayer Funding for Campaigns in Foreign Countries and Recoup the Misspent Funds – saves about 25 million
Here is some more cuts that the Eric Cantor and the republicans in the house brought up but was shot down by the democrats.
Week One: Cut the New Non-Reformed Welfare Program ($25 Billion Savings)
Week Two: Eliminate Federal Employee Pay Raise ($30 Billion Savings)
Week Three: Reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ($30 Billion Savings)
Week Four: Sell Excess Federal Property ($15 Billion Savings)
Week Five: Prohibit Hiring New IRS Agents to Enforce Health Care Law ($15 Billion Savings)
Week Six: Taxpayer Subsidized Union Activities ($1.2 Billion Savings)
Week Seven: Prohibit Stimulus Funding for Promotional Signage (Tens of Millions)
Week Eight: Prohibit Sleeper Car Subsidies on Amtrak ($1.2 billion Savings)
Week Nine: Bipartisan Proposal to Terminate AEITC ($1.1 billion Savings)
Report Post »Drydave
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 9:35pmThink of how much money we would save if we stopped borrowing money from China to give to the likes of Haiti and Pakistan, just so the IMF can forgive the loans? (By the way, how much money did China give to Pakistan I wonder?)
And GlennBeckIsADemagogue doesn’t think teachers, firefighters and police are special interests? Is he not paying attention? Tell me why these particular groups should be shielded and free from any pain and suffering during a major economic downturn?
Talk about a Demagogue.
Report Post »smartypoop
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 9:56pmPolice, fire and teachers are the front line folks that always take the hit first, because their services are undervalued. Fact is the tax triangle has been inverted. The majority of these services are supported by local taxes. Now we are paying the lions share of taxes to the feds. The states/local governments are being bled dry by unfunded federal mandates and programs. That is why there is no money left for police, fire and teachers.
Report Post »Drydave
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 10:20pmSeems like with as much trouble as NJ is in, the teachers there wouldn’t refuse to take even a pay freeze. But they did. Besides, given the educational system in this country, and given the dolts we’re turning out of our public schools, perhaps this is a great time to shake out the system seriously. Top to bottom.
As for the police and firefighters? It’s a chosen occupation. They were aware of how undervalued the profession was. If money was seriously important to them, why would they have taken to it?
Report Post »XRMG
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 9:18pmCut taxes (all taxes, yes even for business) and Govt. spending by 50% or more.
Report Post »Reduce U.S. dollars going overseas for aid
Kill Capital Gains tax (not rich but my meager savings is classed in the loaded-for-bear tax bracket)
Repeal Health Insurance Bill
Kill all mention of Cap & Trade
And then get the hell out of my way (now you can go on vaction – just stay there)
Patriot Watch
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 9:07pmGOP needs to stand UP and speak a little louder because I have NO idea what the plan is and I am paying attention
Report Post »wodiej
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 9:03pmWell Obama can’t say we have no ideas now even though Paul Ryan has had his Roadmap to America out for some time.
As long as Obambam keeps spending, the jobs will not come back. If Obama won’t do it by logic, then a GOP controlled Congress will have to take appropriate measures.
Report Post »dsc07
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 9:02pmJust think how much money they can save all of us by freezing the pork. I sometimes feel it’s there job to figure out ways to spend our money. The sad thing is we let them do to us year after year.
Report Post »Drydave
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 8:54pmThat’s right! It’s that easy! STOP SPENDING MY MONEY!
And while your at it, stop telling me I’m not doing my “fair share”. (I’m not “well off” just because I don’t ask my local welfare agency for food stamps or free milk, and yes, I pay my own mortgage even when it hurts.)
Stop growing the list of “needy” people, who are loudly demanding a bigger and bigger chunk of my paycheck, all the while reducing the list of taxpaying citizens. (They manage to vote, but the only dog they have in the fight is the size of their government welfare check that comes in one form or another.)
Stop taking Social Security from me, too. I‘m never going to benefit from it and I’m already in my 50′s. (I can retire later, they say, in my 70′s, without stopping to think that we don’t all have desk jobs – some of us actually perform manual labor.)
And let’s really inform and “educate” the public. Let’s talk loudly and frequently about the taxes we already pay. (The State and Federal Income taxes. Remind people about Sales and Property taxes. State and Federal Liquor and Tobacco taxes. State and Federal Gas and Diesel Taxes. What about the State and Federal taxes we pay cell phones and utilities? What about tolls and fees and fines? In some places your haircut is taxed. Can’t forget user fees at already tax funded State and National Parks. It’s endless… we’re taxed on prepared meals, taxed on hotel rooms, taxed on rental cars and taxed on airplane flights. We’re taxed on everything we DO, BUY, OWN, NEED & WANT!)
Let’s remind Uncle Obama and our cousins in Congress that we know, too, that every time they tax those “greedy” corporations, all those costs are passed right along to us. (And because we know this, we don’t blame the greedy corporations for the price increase. We blame the additional taxes that have been levied on us by what passes for our “representation” these days.)
I could go on and on, but I don’t want to bore you anymore. I’m sure all of you are aware of just how deeply these people have been reaching into our pockets. (And the way they’re fishing around now, it’s practically sexual assault!)
Report Post »poppopschell
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 10:05pmI’m cxurious. Do Christian have an obligation to help the less fortuante? The reson IMO for why Govt has taken over the resposnibility is partly do to Christians failing to live Christ’s teachings. I ask every Christian here: do you pay an honest tithe? Do you spend time helping the poor? Do you give to local nont for profit local charities rto help the needy? What % of your gross pay do you spend to do these things? Do you spend 15% or more?
Report Post »Drydave
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 10:35pmI’m not a Christian. And nearly 30% of my gross pay goes to the government and lands in someone else’s pocket. I guess I allow that to qualify for my charity contributions, on a bi-weekly basis.
As a Christian, you’re obligated to do what you see as the Christian thing to do. However I am not. Further, I shouldn’t be forced to give my wages to someone else at gun point, which is how taxes are taken. Under the threat of a loss of my liberty.
I pay thousands of dollars in Federal Income Tax alone. That money is given to people, activities, and policies I don’t necessarily agree with. Is that the Christian way? Would Christ approve of me having my wages robbed from me at the point of a spear? All to help someone that I may or may not think is deserving of my help? Kind of like a Christian providing funding for abortion? Are you really equating paying taxes with a religious duty? And who are you to determine what a fair duty is for me to pay?
As a society, I believe that there are those among us that truly need help. Yet, the list of “needy” is growing and growing and growing. And in my opinion, that list has expanded far beyond those truly in need of my help. When nearly half of all citizens in this country are exempt from paying income tax, well, that tells me a lot.
Report Post »Joseph
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 8:51pmGee Kiddies… I just remembered something! When I was young I played a game. Sometimes it would last 3 days before we quit because everyone ended up wealthy. I made up rules as I when, but their were no rules saying I couldn’t make those rules. This is how it went, I wanted a hotel so I could own the block, you owned it, I wanted it to compleat the deal so I asked if you would lease it to me after I compleated three revolutions on the board. If you landed on any of my properties during this time and if you ever landed on any of the block, you owed me no rent. If another player tried to ream you out of spite to make you lose, I loaned you money to pay their rent. This game? MONOPOLY!
Why do I bring this up? It’s better to be a capitalist and help others share a peice of the pie, than to own the whole pie and no one to share it with.
I think we shared too much of our pie with the selfish egocentric elitist!
Report Post »MESO71
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 9:08pmWhat?!? No unions? No government bailouts? Tell me you at least had Cap and Tax on the Utilities! How else could the game have worked?
Report Post »Seriously, I love your example!
I remember the first version of Sim City and after a while, if you tried to manage things to closely, the whole city would begin to collapse
Joseph
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 9:30pmWell MESO71 that was the beauty of my statagy, if everyone esle was a looser, I was the biggest looser.People had tolearn to share and prosper. Nobody was poor, on welfare, helped their neighbor,and we even had to break out another game to put more hotels and such on. We bacame real boarded after a while because everyone was prosperous. The only Monopoly was the one in your mind. The game really sucked because there was nor incentive for making products or taking risks in industrial programs and inventions.We started to make up comanies connected to the railroads and such and made up stocks. But we were a group between 12 to 16 years of age and it just became a drag…
Report Post »stundagain
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 8:49pmdon’t forget the unfunded liabilities, that’s where all your tax money goes first!
Report Post »poppopschell
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 8:57pmCuriousw. Do you think a person/govt should keep it’s honor/words? I’m retired and was forced to pay into SS for over 40 years. Should SS and Medicare be stopped for me? WHY?
Report Post »wodiej
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 9:08pmNo one wants to cut off SS for anyone-please, this is a blatant lie. Over 55, no change. Under, keep the gov’t check or privatize.
Report Post »Drydave
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 9:17pmUnfortunately, those of us that have been paying into SS for all these years have been electing and allowing our government to rob us and the SS trust blind. We don’t have the money anymore buddy, so NO, you shouldn’t get it back even if you paid into it for 100 years.
We should have fought this years ago and didn’t pal. WE should have but WE didn’t. We were guarding the gate and we let the scoundrels inside and asked them to stay. We re-elected the likes of Barney Frank and Ted Kennedy and Robert Byrd and Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe over and over and over and over again. Not matter what they did! They could kill young women, or be hooded clansmen! It didn’t matter! We watched the shenanigans they’ve been pulling for years and just stood back and watched. Now schlubs like us should pay. You and me both.
As for HONOR? Are you kidding? We’re talking about politicians and Washington DC, right? And, by the way, where’s your HONOR? YOU let this happen, why should your great-grandchildren pay for it? Here’s your opportunity to be HONORABLE! You’re partly to blame, so it’s time to man up, maybe? Sacrifice.
Report Post »poppopschell
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 9:51pmDRYDAVE: You’ve made a great deal of false assumptions about me. I have fought for smaller govt for more than 40 years. Even ran for NC Governor in 2000 to bring more sanity to NC state govt. I was a fan and supporter of Ron Paul probably before you were even born.
It is people like you who post such insensitive posts that cause so much misundertsanding about who true small govt conservative are.
BTW, AS GLENN BECK SAYS” HONOR IS KEEPING YOUR PROMISES. IMO, YOU SEEM TO BE RENOUNCING THAT MEANING OF HONOR??
Report Post »poppopschell
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 9:56pmWoodie: You’re right about the effect on those over 55 right now. The problem is that the SS/Medicare funds are in a deficit right now. The progressives are trying to devalue the dollar as a way to “pay of the huge federal debt.
Guess what. Reagan when POTUS allowed the SS trust fund to be robbed to pay for his deficits. And yes they are his deficits because he could have used the POTUS veto and would hardly ever been overridden since it takes 75% to do so and there were enough GOPers to stop this.
Report Post »t00nces2
Posted on September 9, 2010 at 7:44amYes, you need to feel the pinch too. You were lied to and we were lied to and I parents and grandparents were lied to. The price has to be paid for believing the lie. I guess you could choose to let your children and grandchildren be the ones that pay the price of the lies we have been told, but that hardly seems fair to them (and in the future, they will be in the same boat as you at this point). SSI needs to be cut down to go to only those who truly NEED it. It should not be used to protect assets to be passed along. Spend YOUR money rather than your childrens money.
The fact of the matter is that our government is killing our country and we need to get people into office that care about keeping the patient alive at this point. The election in 2012 will be about electing officials that WANT the patient to THRIVE. If we do not continue to elect people who feel the need to ensure that America thrives, our country is doomed.
Report Post »CarlRayLouk
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 8:47pmCut taxes and government spending by 50% or more. This will have an incredibly positive impact on the economy starting at its very lowest and smallest levels. The national debt must be paid down rather than endlessly increased, or we’ll soon face national bankruptcy.
Report Post »GlennBeckIsADemagogue
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 8:36pmIs this the same John Boehner that referred to teachers, police officers, and fire fighters as “special interests” while fighting a House bill that would provide state funding to prevent firing those workers?
We don’t need to call John Boehner names; we only need to call him out on his words and deeds.
Report Post »poppopschell
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 8:55pmDemogogue poster;
I agree with you about the GOP. I grew up on the GOP promises that IF only the GOP controlled POTUS, House and Senate, we would see smaller govt and surpluses. Well they had their chance and badely blew it. That is why both the GOP and DP must be “taken over” by Tea Party and 8/28 people.\\BTWO, WHY IS GLENN BECK A DEMOGOGUE? SPECIFICS PLEASE.
Report Post »motomatt
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 11:24pmDemagogue-you miss the point of Boehner’s position, (no real surprise to me). While the firefighters, policemen and teachers are a necessary vocation, the leaders of those groups are special interests…especially the teachers. We all need to feel the pinch during economic retractions, and they are no different. What the Dems love to do, is lump a bunch of pork projrects into Bills that fund firefighters and teachers, so when those across the aisle vote against it, they use it as a bludgeon against the GOP. This November, everything changes, as the American people rebuke Progressive ideology. Hope and Change is now Fear and Loathing in less then two years.
Report Post »Boynton_Beach
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 8:36pmStart by cutting back on social programs. They are nothing more than and endless pit and a strangle hold on those that are actually making something of themselves.
Report Post »Joseph
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 8:25pmObama has to keep his promises!!! Bring back our industry and allow us to make our own products! Invest in our own industry and commerce! Inact the strait line tax for everyone! If you get aide, you should be able to give back one way or another. And most importantly, bring back the apprentiship program! If you 16 and don’t want to go to school but learn a trade–You should be able to. Finally, limit the powers of the unions, only to the core for fair treatment. Besides most employers would comply more readily if there were no union.
Report Post »smartypoop
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 8:25pmAt the very least, freeze and cut.
Report Post »No More
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 8:24pmNice start but….
1) Eliminate the Department of Energy, Education, Home Land Security,Labor
2) Cut the budget by 50%
3) Install a flat tax, eliminating the IRS
4) REPEAL THE HEALTH CARE BILL which would save billons
5) Confiscate any remaining bailout or tarp funds
This would be a good start
Report Post »MESO71
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 8:38pmBut eliminating the IRS would like, double the unemployment rate… Yeah I’m okay with that! LOL!
Report Post »I couldn’t agree with you more!
Joseph
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 8:39pmI dissagree with youe #1, We should still have them, but,…They need to be streamlined, made more accountable and transparent in their functions and activities, their self regulation needs to be eliminated along with most Federal and State acgencies, and finally as voters we should be able to appoint the heads, not the Presedent. Actually that should gor for other departments as well. Good ideas though that you presented. Thanks!
Report Post »Debrabate
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 8:57pmI would be happy if they would just COLLECT the unpaid taxes from white house personel and congress and corporations etc. that would put one heck of a dent in the debt
Report Post »neoconchiro
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 9:13pm6) Get rid of all Unions
7) Privatize Social Security
8) Drop Medicare and Medicaid
9) No retirement benefits for public officials
I wouldn‘t necessarily call returning the bailout or tarp funds ’confiscating,’ since those monies were unconstitutionally confiscated taxpayer dollars in the first place. That is akin to saying the authorities confiscated money from the bank robber to return it to the bank. But otherwise, I agree.
Report Post »jeffro123
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 9:47pmMaybe we need to vote liberals out first. Then get rid of everything, that liberals love. LIKE THE EPA. Let Americans work. Put all Americans to work!!!. NO welfare.
Report Post »MESO71
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 8:20pmNo no no… It’ll never work! Everyone knows that prosperity only comes when the liberals spend all of your money before you’ve even had a chance to earn it.
Report Post »Yes, I am aware that many Republicans try the same ridiculous tactics… That’s why I said “Liberals”
TomBurpee
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 8:10pm…Cut spending 50% then we’ll talk. Start paying down the debt, then we’ll talk.
Until then, you’re all out of the job..
Report Post »baldwin4freedom
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 8:15pmRight on.
Report Post »LesterWillox
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 8:18pmWhere would you propose cuts in spending?
Report Post »poppopschell
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 8:51pmIf we supported the military nonintervention strategy of Ron Paul, we could cut defense spending by close to 0ne trillion $s. The GOP NeoCons would never allow that.
Report Post »joebrooks
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 9:34pm@lesterwillox – The Plan!
Report Post »smartypoop
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 9:48pmThe war cost less than just one stimulus bill. better find a new line.
Report Post »Drydave
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 9:51pmFLAT TAX. And make sure EVERYONE PAYS THEIR SHARE! If we all feel the pain, we‘ll all be watching what the heck it is they’re doing in Washington. But that will only happen when we all pay into the system. And stop the withholding taxes. Pay your tax bill on April 15th. That will open some eyes, I bet.
And we should cut everything – across the board cuts. Everyone takes an equal hit if they’re drawing from the US budget/treasury. Period. From Social Security to the Navy. Cut welfare and all entitlement checks. Cut unemployment extensions. Get rid of the Departments of Education and Labor. And Homeland Security. Do away with the Post Office. Repeal that stupid Healthcare bill that’ll kill us eventually. Stop giving money to Public Broadcasting. Knock out about 1.2 of the regulations we have on everything that exists. Stop giving federal money to states. Get our troops out of Korea. Out of Europe. Bring them home and rotate them on and off of our southern border. But, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut. Cut until it hurts. It‘s the only way we’re ever going to get back onto our feet. And when we do, we’ll be much stronger and the better for it.
Report Post »poppopschell
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 9:59pmSmarty, the ME wars have cost us over one trillion $s. To support our “allies” overseas costs us about one trillion $ each year. Do your homework. Glenn has said this same thing on a number of occasions. In the last year, Glenn has come to realize what beingt the policeman of the world is costing the USA. I was I admit sad to see Palen at the 8/28 event because she advocates war with Iran and is a NeoCon on foreign/military policy.
Report Post »timeisnow
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 10:27pmAnything the Republican do will be better than what this Socialist Spending Crazy Job killing Whack Job is doing… I do want to see details, and I am sure we will, they will release them when they feel the time is right and I think the 15 is the date…
Report Post »JeffersonPaine
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 10:38pmYes sir! I’m gonna go further and say “how about a flat tax? Maybe, 20% and no more than that!”But that’s me dreaming, unfortunately. *sigh* But, you are still all fired in November!
missmarie
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 10:59pmSo tiring, all the promises, promises, promises made before an election. What was that line Pelosi used …. something about well, that’s just what he said during the campaign…oh, Clinton brought up the just to get elected remark about that stellar man of character…. the list of lies goes on and on, but as I said in the beginning…..so tiring.
Report Post »motomatt
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 11:18pmWhere to cut spending? How about the Dept. of Energy and Education? What have THEY done? Zippo! Then, bring back the teeth of the Welfare Reform Act and give welfare recipients two years to get their act together…start taking classes at community colleges or trade schools. The money we save by cutting the Dept. of Education would/could be used to do something constructive instead of “public service” entitlements. Keep the Military budget as is. The Dept of Agriculture could also be parred way back, as could the Dept of Commerce. Freeze federal employees salaries, and cut the EPA’s budget by 50%. Coolidge did it…and it worked just FINE.
Report Post »Gigantopithecus
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 11:37pmCut out Medicaid, Welfare, no more freebies – that will put people to work.
Report Post »T.JeffersonWasTheBest
Posted on September 9, 2010 at 2:19amAs long as a 50% spending cut is to the 2008 level or lower. If it is, then good. If is not then your right, 50% cut in spending or we start firing elected represenitives!
Report Post »Jeff in Miami
Posted on September 9, 2010 at 4:20amWe could save a ton of money by closing the Department of Energy, Education and the EPA. These 3 are blocking jobs, spending money and failing at their mission. We could save more by closing our bases in Europe, Korea and Japan, using Guam and Diego Garcia as our bases in the region.
We need to cut and cut deep on Government spending and start paying down our past excesses.
Report Post »BarbieBabe
Posted on September 9, 2010 at 8:18amDon’t forget the Government Pensions. Transfer all those funds into the Social Security system.
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SlumpDog
Posted on September 9, 2010 at 12:42pmHow about cutting the money we send to the UN by 75% for starters and then all other spending programs by 30-50%. Oh yeah, and how about the politicians pay for their own health care and only let them be paid for the time they are in office. No need to pay them for life. Eliminate unions in the public sector and the pensions as well. You eliminate the pensions, then you can afford to pay your civil servants more in salary, thus making them responsible for their own retirement. Personal responsibility.
Report Post »Beckofile
Posted on September 9, 2010 at 1:19pmFirst I would make it so any Senator/House member figure their salary on the median income in their state or district. All Federal employees and staffers also. End all the crazy pensions and return every government employee into the Social security system. All health care ends on your last day and you can research COBRA like all us small people. End all laws that treat the people in the cart the same as the people pulling the cart. NO MORE LAWS THAT DON’T APPLY TO EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN.
Report Post »Hokiedad
Posted on September 9, 2010 at 1:37pmHow about we cut out foreign aid at least to the countries that take our money and then stab us in the back first chance they get, Cut out unnecessary agencies like education and energy, close our borders, examine the wisdom of the 14th amendment as currently interpretted to provide for anchor babies, actually enforcing the laws we already have on the books in regards to immigration, cut out all these stupid expenditures of university grants such as the mating habits of lobster a and such, and how about term limits to disband these professional politicians. As a matter of fact, I’d vote to cut both houses of Congress in half. With all the new technology we have, it would certainly be easy to do what they do with a lot less resources. Think about it. If we only have half as many of them, we have half as many politicians screwing everything up. Less is more!
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