We have huge debt, we need to pay it down, we can't with the present tax revenue so we need to raise more taxes. Oh, we could reduce some spending but not nearly enough to even balance the budget without higher taxes on the wealthy and everyone knows it. I think it is dishonest to complain about the deficit and the debt without also talking about taxes the way both Reagan and Bush 1 were willing to do.
#68 | Posted by danni
Danni,
Not trying to pick on you in particular, but I find it fucking amazing what passes for thought on the left. We can't cut spending? Says who? What kind of ignorance is that?
Kind of like someone who is bankrupt arguing "I know I have bills, but I can't stop shopping, couldn't give up the driver, the maid, the cook or the private plane". How fucking retarded.
We can, and should, stop everything that isn't constitutional. Close every base outside the US. Amend the constitution to allow a standing army or end it. End social security, welfare, dept of ed, etc. Bring all the soldiers and sailors and money home from the far-flung bases. Let the rest of the world defend themselves for a change. They want our help, let them pay for it.
Get the fuck out of the UN. Allow the states to arrest and hold for deportation anyone who is not here legally. Defend the fucking border. Repeal the income tax are replace it with a national sales tax. Force the country to live within its means. Force the country to apply a fixed percentage of the taxes to reducing the national debt.
Take the same approach to the out of control gov't spending as you would to a family that has 2 houses, 2 cars, eat out every meal, take a couple of vacations a year and then bitch cause they aren't getting making enough money and demand a raise. Its called bankrupt. Make the cuts now, while we have a country, or wait until the system collapses and see what replaces it. If I am any guess, whatever replaces our republic will not be nearly as friendly to those no-tax-paying-scum.
