With debt deal done, what else is there?

[The Rabbi]

Assuming Congress and the Pres ink a deal in the next day or so, what will they do next?

I mean, we have rising unemployment, large corporate layoffs, a failure in Afghanistan and Libya, an over-reaching regulatory structure, esp the EPA.
But with funds scarce, what will Congress find to spend time and money on?

 

[Ame®icano]

Well, we could start couple of new wars, outsource Alaska oil fields, sell GM to Chinese... oh, nationalize oil and banks, repeal 22nd Amendment...

 

[kyzr]

I like the Plan that cuts 1% a year for 8-years to bring the Budget back into balance. This fight isn't as tough as the pols are making it look. The Bush Tax Cut ends in 2013, so we just need to keep cutting spending and ending tax loop-holes until then.

 

[Avatar4321]

End Baseline budgetting.
Audit the Federal Government
Eliminate unneccessary government departments and regulation
Flat tax
Repeal the 17th amendment

That seems like a good start.

 

[kyzr]

End Baseline budgeting.
Audit the Federal Government
Eliminate unnecessary government departments and regulation
Flat tax
Repeal the 17th amendment

That seems like a good start.

I like ending all tax loop-holes, all subsidies, the Bush tax Cut, foreign aid, money to the IMF (for Greece/Somalia, etc),
Then they should go after off-shore tax cheats, including Swiss bank Accounts, lower Corporate tax rates, then add a penny transaction tax on all Wall Street transactions.
Follow that up with taxing the crap out of derivatives, short-sales, stock options, commodities, and other global casino instruments that don't raise capital or create jobs.

 

[get_involved]

What will they do next?

VACATION!

 

[The Rabbi]

OK. None of that shit is going to happen. Just like the balanced budget amendment. It's a dream. Let's deal in reality.

 

[Middleoftheroad]

Create jobs, first and foremost.
The reason that many independents voted for republicans was that after all the democrats plan to fix the economy, it still hadn't improved very much. To be honest, if they had all run on the platform of "we will cut cut cut, and do absolutely nothing for the economy" many of them would not have won.
If you really want to cut the deficit down, people need to go back to work.
I'm glad to see the republican's threw a bone to the oil industry a few months ago, which if I remember correctly Obama actually passed some parts of, but they need to go further. No matter how easy they make it for the oil industry, it is not going to be some magic cure all for the economy.
I'm sure that the oil industry is not the only area that the government makes it harder to expand business, right now the GOP should be targeting those restrictions.

 

[kyzr]

OK. None of that shit is going to happen. Just like the balanced budget amendment. It's a dream. Let's deal in reality.

Make predictions for the next 10 and 20 years:
10-years out the Debt is $20-trillion and the interest on the Debt is $1-trillion a year
20-years out the Debt is $15-trillion paid for by eliminating Medicare & Medicaid, its everyone for themselves, since most hospitals have closed when Medicare ended.

The only way we get a happy ending is if the "Debt Commission-II" recommendations work and the deficit turns to a surplus and the Debt starts coming down.

Vegas has the bad ending over the good ending at 3:1 odds, based on voters' always voting their entitlements.

 

[Seawytch]

Investing in our infrastructure? Ending the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan and bringing our troops home to actual "shovel ready" projects? Investing in education and supporting reforms that will return America to it's top position on the world stage?

How about we take the top spot away in regards to renewable energy solutions? Sure would be nice to be a manufacturing industry again...We're currently a horrifying 17th in the world in clean technology production. (China is growing theirs at 77% per year)

China Leads Push to Go Green

You know...I'd really like the United States to actually BE number one again...in something besides military spending.

 

[kyzr]

Investing in our infrastructure? Ending the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan and bringing our troops home to actual "shovel ready" projects? Investing in education and supporting reforms that will return America to it's top position on the world stage?

How about we take the top spot away in regards to renewable energy solutions? Sure would be nice to be a manufacturing industry again...We're currently a horrifying 17th in the world in clean technology production. (China is growing theirs at 77% per year)

China Leads Push to Go Green

You know...I'd really like the United States to actually BE number one again...in something besides military spending.

Remember the "Smart Electrical Grid" campaign promise?

The US wastes 70% of the fossil fuel it burns, while Japan wastes only 10%. WTF is up with that for a "green administration"? I could list a lot more, but all it seems the dems want to protect are ACORN the like. (I like the new mileage stds, +1)

 

[Avatar4321]

OK. None of that shit is going to happen. Just like the balanced budget amendment. It's a dream. Let's deal in reality.

Reality is what we make it. Our dreams will never come true if we refuse to believe we can make them come true.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Assuming Congress and the Pres ink a deal in the next day or so, what will they do next?

I mean, we have rising unemployment, large corporate layoffs, a failure in Afghanistan and Libya, an over-reaching regulatory structure, esp the EPA.
But with funds scarce, what will Congress find to spend time and money on?

"We own the Economy" -- Democrats

 

[The Rabbi]

Investing in our infrastructure? Ending the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan and bringing our troops home to actual "shovel ready" projects? Investing in education and supporting reforms that will return America to it's top position on the world stage?

How about we take the top spot away in regards to renewable energy solutions? Sure would be nice to be a manufacturing industry again...We're currently a horrifying 17th in the world in clean technology production. (China is growing theirs at 77% per year)

China Leads Push to Go Green

You know...I'd really like the United States to actually BE number one again...in something besides military spending.

We've had hundreds of millions of dollars of "investing in infrastructure." It has produced bridges to nowhere, bridges for turtles, and renovated train stations that no one uses.
The only reform that will return America to its top position is showing the Democrats the door and letting conservatives govern.

 

[Trajan]

Assuming Congress and the Pres ink a deal in the next day or so, what will they do next?

I mean, we have rising unemployment, large corporate layoffs, a failure in Afghanistan and Libya, an over-reaching regulatory structure, esp the EPA.
But with funds scarce, what will Congress find to spend time and money on?

we need a 2012 budget for one.....

 

[oreo]

What will they do next?

VACATION!

I am not so sure that the senate or house has the vote to bring this one together. Reid's bill couldn't get enough muster in the senate to pass--so there are two bills that did pass the house--both with a balanced budget amendment attached--and I don't think the new freshman tea party members are going to vote for it--without a balanced budget amendment.

 

[oreo]

Investing in our infrastructure? Ending the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan and bringing our troops home to actual "shovel ready" projects? Investing in education and supporting reforms that will return America to it's top position on the world stage?

How about we take the top spot away in regards to renewable energy solutions? Sure would be nice to be a manufacturing industry again...We're currently a horrifying 17th in the world in clean technology production. (China is growing theirs at 77% per year)

China Leads Push to Go Green

You know...I'd really like the United States to actually BE number one again...in something besides military spending.

We've had hundreds of millions of dollars of "investing in infrastructure." It has produced bridges to nowhere, bridges for turtles, and renovated train stations that no one uses.
The only reform that will return America to its top position is showing the Democrats the door and letting conservatives govern.

awesome, i like living in a 3rd world nation....

The federal government is currently borrowing .43 cents on every dollar it spends--RIGHT NOW. They want to raise their credit card limit so they can BORROW and SPEND more.

If this borrowing and spending doesn't stop--you can say Welcome America-(for real)-to your 3rd world country.

 

[Sunshine]

With debt deal done, what else is there?

A new fiscal year that begins in October. Cheers!

 

[The Rabbi]

Investing in our infrastructure? Ending the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan and bringing our troops home to actual "shovel ready" projects? Investing in education and supporting reforms that will return America to it's top position on the world stage?

How about we take the top spot away in regards to renewable energy solutions? Sure would be nice to be a manufacturing industry again...We're currently a horrifying 17th in the world in clean technology production. (China is growing theirs at 77% per year)

China Leads Push to Go Green

You know...I'd really like the United States to actually BE number one again...in something besides military spending.

We've had hundreds of millions of dollars of "investing in infrastructure." It has produced bridges to nowhere, bridges for turtles, and renovated train stations that no one uses.
The only reform that will return America to its top position is showing the Democrats the door and letting conservatives govern.

awesome, i like living in a 3rd world nation....

Really? Which one do you live in? That would explain your inability to understand simple concepts that ordinary Americans have no difficulty with.

 

[The Rabbi]

awesome, i like living in a 3rd world nation....

Really? Which one do you live in? That would explain your inability to understand simple concepts that ordinary Americans have no difficulty with.

i live in reality where i know for a fact that the smaller government you would like will never work. I like balance, and what you and the dems want is not balance.

Hint: I'm not a Democrat.

Bigger gov't hasn't worked. Despite what you think you know "for a fact."