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Reply to "How To Balance The Budget Without Raising Taxes"

I more or less did scan it.
If you read it it says just about what I have been saying, it is necessary to raise taxes and lower spending.
I am somewhat confused how you can add $0.15/gal to the cost of gas in taxes and not call that a tax increase .
I am also confused how you eliminate virtually all deductions from taxes and not call that a tax increase.
There are several other things there like that, but I think you get the point.
BTW, I would support both those.

And what is there to cut? The recommendation is to cut what has long been called "waste, fraud, and abuse" (WFA). Well, I'm all for that also, but we have been trying to ferret out those things for years and have not succeeded yet, although Al Gore did an excellent job when VP of downsizing the federal gov. This is so difficult because most people, like many of you on this forum, seem to think WFA are like fat on a hog, in big slabs that can be hacked off with an axe. The truth is that it is like fat in a rib eye steak, in little veins all through the lean meat, and that is much more difficult to get out.
One thing that sticks out like a sore thumb is either the ignorance, or more likely the long standing Republican hatred of TVA, and their agenda to "give" it to private industry, that is demonstrated by this report. In Recommendation 4.9 it alludes to the out and out lie that TVA sells power below production cost and is supplemented by US taxpayers. That is an out and out lie from the pit of hell. TVA has by law, never taken taxpayer money to support the power program. (There was a part of TVA that at one time was taxpayer supported that had the mission of improving the life of the people of the US. This was done by the introduction of chemical fertilizer and improved farming methods, and has not been funded by appropriations for some number of years now), but it was illegal for any money from power to support that part, and it was illegal for appropriated dollars to support the power program.
Blatant lies like that make me question the whole thing's validity.
But, back to the point: there are a lot of things it mentioned cutting out, most of which I support like agriculture supplements, and a few more, and though it DOES mention defense, unless defense is seriously cut (and it could be without hurting our security), all the rest is just fly doo doo out of pepper, since defense is the majority of the budget. (check out my last post)
Just like at your own household, if you are in serious debt, you must cut spending and get another job (increase income). It will take both. Cutting taxes on the super rich has had it's chance for the last 10 years, and has proven a major failure, else, why are we not in a booming economy ?

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