Can you balance the budget ?

[dschere]

Here 'ya go:

OtherSpending 199.6 --> 100
Transportation 102.6 --> 102.6
Defense 902.2 --> 650
HealthCare 846.1 --> 250 (I'd prefer this be 0, but we should care for the indigent and elderly)
Pensions 819.7 --> 819.7 (revamp system so this number goes down every year)
Protection 62 --> 50 (what the heck is this?)
Interest 224.8 --> 224.8
Welfare 451.9 --> 0 (State level. Causes more harm than good.)
GeneralGovernment 33.6 --> 30
Education 153.1 --> 50 (We spend way too much on education)

TaxReceipts = 2468.6
Deficit/Surplus = 191.5 surplus

Awesome. Its funny how everyone who tries walks away balancing the budget. That's because regardless of whether we are on the right , left or center most citizens actually want to solve
the real world problems facing our nation.

To bad our(?) "representatives" don't.

 

[AmyNation]

Cut unnecessary departments( tsa, dept of education) combine duplicate departments( CIA, FBI). Foist the cost of transportation, education and welfare onto states. Simplify the tax code, cut down on the IRS.

Won't happen though, because states prefer big federal goverment so they don't have to pay for things.

Here is the math:

1.3 trillion annualized debt with compound interest.

Total savings by ABOLISHING EVERYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN:

Social security, Medicaid, Defense

the result is a 354 billion per year DEFICIT.

That's the math.

Everything else can go and we're still in the hole.

There are lots of things we can do.

Draw down the military and let go of our place as international watchdog
Raise the retirement age

I forgot one. Raise taxes.

 

[xsited1]

Here 'ya go:

OtherSpending 199.6 --> 100
Transportation 102.6 --> 102.6
Defense 902.2 --> 650
HealthCare 846.1 --> 250 (I'd prefer this be 0, but we should care for the indigent and elderly)
Pensions 819.7 --> 819.7 (revamp system so this number goes down every year)
Protection 62 --> 50 (what the heck is this?)
Interest 224.8 --> 224.8
Welfare 451.9 --> 0 (State level. Causes more harm than good.)
GeneralGovernment 33.6 --> 30
Education 153.1 --> 50 (We spend way too much on education)

TaxReceipts = 2468.6
Deficit/Surplus = 191.5 surplus

Awesome. Its funny how everyone who tries walks away balancing the budget. That's because regardless of whether we are on the right , left or center most citizens actually want to solve
the real world problems facing our nation.

To bad our(?) "representatives" don't.

Yep. Americans have become dependent on the federal government to run their lives from cradle to grave despite the fact that the Constitution already places strict limits on what the federal government can and cannot do. The problem is that those limits have become stretched over the years to the point that the federal government can do pretty much what it pleases.

 

[eflatminor]

I forgot one. Raise taxes.

Which often results in less revenue into the treasury.

Bummer.

 

[AmyNation]

I forgot one. Raise taxes.

Which often results in less revenue into the treasury.

Bummer.

I knew that one wouldn't be popular

 

[antiquity]

One: I would close all our military bases in Europe and Japan.

Two: Combine all our intel and law enforcement agencies... one: (foreign) two: (domestic)

Three: Combine varies cabinets or eliminate some like Education and Commerce.

Four: Constitutional amendment installing a line item veto and term limits for congress.

Five: Combine all our embassies and consular into regional centers.

Six: Withdraw all military advisers based around the world.

Seven: Reduce or eliminate foreign aid except for humanitarian aid.

Eight: Kick the UN out of the US and don't support it financial.

Nine: Withdraw from NATO and SEATO.

Ten: Reform or eliminate the present the tax code and install a flat rate tax without deductions for either individuals or corporations.