Eliminiate???? Federal Government Programs????
OMG Every Single One is Vital to Preserving the Home of The Brave!!
To balance the Federal budget, I'd suggest simply spending less than the Feds bring in.
I know, pretty wild and crazy.
We're talking about more than one program. They are talking about nearly half the government. What 40% of the government should they eliminate?
Actually, if you follow the Tea Party people, they want to cut taxes too, which means cutting even more than 40% to balance the budget.
See, reality intrudes into ideals. Ask people specifically what they want to eliminate, and most don't want to eliminate programs they either believe in or benefit from.
Its quite disheartening, actually, because the road we are on is untenable.
Untenable is as Untenable does.
Obviously there's More Than One program that is not Vital to the Operation of the Federal Government.
I'm not going to defend their feelings of being overburdened with taxation. Frankly, I don't see this as the primary issue. However, I do agree with shrinking the size of the Federal Government. I'm guessing that with a 40% goal, then 10% would be "Tenable."
Now, of course, everyone wants to know: Where will the government shrink? And, or course, we know why the answer to this question is so important: So Major Defensive Efforts can be prepared around these selected points of attack, and not be wasted on defending everything else.
Do we not elect congressional representatives to wisely spend public monies?
Lets just trust them AFTER they've been given some sort of guideline (where currently none exists):
The Annual Federal Budget = US population X Average US Income X 10%