$1.1 Trillion Budget ( Allocation, Spending ) Justified?

[Sonny Clark]

What's in the new spending bill, and can it be justified as necessary expenditures? How much of it will end up satisfying political favors? What about kick-backs that end up in campaign war chests? How much of it will be spent to cover defense contractor fraud and over-charges, Medicare and Medicaid fraud, subsidies, and ships and planes the military doesn't want nor need? How much will be spent on the care and support of illegal immigrants, foreign aid, wars, and the hundreds of military bases on foreign soil?
What percentage of the $1.1 Trillion will be spent on education, infrastructure, job training, assistance programs and Social Security, housing, renewable energy research and development, public transportation, the care and support of veterans, and venture capital to encourage and support innovation?
What percentage will be spent on such useless and wasteful projects as the fence along our southern border? How much of the budget will be used to continue supplying weapons to terrorists and drug lords? How many more mosques will we build on foreign soil?
The above are legitimate questions considering the fact that many future generations of Americans will be paying this debt. Debt? Yes, debt. The federal government borrows money each and every single day just to keep the government running. In fact, our economy is presently kept afloat with government debt. We are not a self-supporting nation, nor are we a self-supporting citizenry.

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - there dey go again - spendin' more money we ain't got...

Congress sends Obama $1.1 T spending bill
12/14/14 WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress cleared a $1.1 trillion spending bill for President Barack Obama's signature late Saturday night after a day of Senate intrigue capped by a failed, largely symbolic Republican challenge to the administration's new immigration policy.

The vote was 56-40 in favor of the measure, which funds nearly the entire government through the Sept. 30 end of the fiscal year. It also charts a new course for selected shaky pension plans covering more than 1 million retirees, including the possibility of benefit cuts. The Senate passed the bill on a day Democrats launched a drive to confirm two dozen of Obama's stalled nominees to the federal bench and administration posts, before their majority expires at year's end. Several Republicans blamed tea party-backed Texas Sen. Ted Cruz for giving the outgoing majority party an opportunity to seek approval for presidential appointees, including some that are long-stalled.

It was Cruz who pushed the Senate to cast its first vote on the administration's policy of suspending the threat of deportation for an estimated four million immigrants living in the country illegally. He lost his attempt Saturday night, 74-22, although Republican leaders have vowed to bring the issue back after the party takes control of the Senate in January. "If you believe President Obama's amnesty is unconstitutional, vote yes. If you believe President Obama's amnesty is consistent with the Constitution, vote no," he said. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rebutted instantly, saying Cruz was "wrong, wrong, wrong on several counts," and even Republicans who oppose Obama's policy abandoned the Texan.

The spending bill, which cleared the House on Thursday, was the main item left on Congress' year-end agenda, and exposed fissures within both political parties in both houses. It faced opposition from Democratic liberals upset about the repeal of a banking regulation and Republican conservatives unhappy that it failed to challenge Obama's immigration moves. While the legislation assures funding for nearly the entire government until next fall, it made an exception of the Department of Homeland Security. Money for the agency will run out on Feb. 27, when Republicans intend to try and force the president to roll back an immigration policy that removes the threat of deportation from millions of immigrants living in the United States illegally. The legislation locks in spending levels negotiated in recent years between Republicans and Democrats, and includes a number of provisions that reflect the priorities of one party or the other, from the environment to abortion to the legalization of marijuana in the District of Columbia.

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[longknife]

It's simply another case of kicking the can down the road. And, it is not truly a budget - just a spending authorization to keep the government going. The Senate STILL HAS NOT PASSED A BUDGET!

 

[gipper]

This graphically depicts the reality.