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Old 04-12-2020, 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by NJRICHARD View Post
NOVEL IDEA; We automatically focus on raising taxes, how abut REDUCING SPENDING. We can reduce ALL areas in government by 10% with sacrificing anything. The same 'quality' of service will remain and in most cases will become more productive. Actually the repetition of services in government alone will immediately start reducing the debt if we put a stop it. We are like trained seals that never look at what we have and how do we make it more efficient, but let's increase taxes!
Your thinking is exactly why we have the mess we have. You say we spend to much the other side says we don’t tax enough so nothing changes. All I’m saying is get our grandchildren out of the equation and let the dust settle where it might.