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Originally posted by elinterventor01:
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Originally posted by ferrellj:
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Originally posted by dolemitejb:
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Cut out all welfare spending, cut it 100%. Done. After medical care for the uninsured, that is less than $200billion. You only need to find $1500billion more in cuts.


I don't understand where you keep going with this. I understand that no single cut is going to get the budget under control. Is your point that since no single cut can solve our problems that we shouldn't make any cuts? Additionally, you need to explain what you mean by "welfare." Many things are deemed "welfare," but there is no singular welfare budget. Defense and social security should be on the table as well. What we cannot do is continue to spend as we have in the past and pretend that we can tax our way to simultaneously having a balanced budget and thriving economy.


Well said dolemite. It's a multitude of spending cuts and every single American will have to share in the pain.


Overall, the debt commission had many good suggestions. They just didn't go far enough.


Balancing the budget has nothing to do with the outstanding debt, so calling the group a debt commission is not factual. Within 5-7 years, payments to service the debt will be the largest component of the fedgov budget, topping $700billion. A plan that does not include paying down at least 10% of the debt per year is not progress.

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