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Originally Posted by Golfingnut
It is so complicated, I get lost in the spaces between paragraphs. I do not care if the snail darter remains on the endangered species list. Stop giving a single dollar to UNICORN, and so many others. OK I get that. BUT
I know of widows that live on less than 700 dollars in SS. Will they be cut even more????
Will the truly working poor still have an avenue for doctor care???
WILL THERE BE A PLAN TO CARE FOR OUR ELDERLY, POOR AND DISABLED CITIZENS under his proposed plan???
As much time as I spend on this board I guess I should know this already, but I do not and I am searching.
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The problem is we are promising benefits, jobs, pet projects etc. we can not afford. We have to start addressing the spending problems as they get worse each year. I think the one thing we have proven is that we can not fix everyone's problems by spending more and more money so I guess we have to find a different answer. The idea of a budget is to make sure your income and expenses are in line. Our current approach is not to budget, spend on what ever we think is good for us (the person spending the money) and to complain that the rest of use do not pay enough into the government so it can spend on all it pet projects. This does not mean that we should threaten to cut the expenses that help the truly needy but that we should cut the programs that have not worked.