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02-02-2010, 09:22 AM
know what that means? I would venture to say less than 10% do, and in that regard I seriously think I am being generous.
A spending freeze merely means there will be no INCREASES in the new budget.
That means is is acceptable to be spending at the ongoing rate that has and continues to head this country to bankruptcy.
Medicaid and social security are headed to insolvency in the current spending mode!!!
Until such time as Obama steps up to the plate....really steps up to the plate....and demands a zero based budget.....there will be no progress. Zero based budgeting means that every dime in the current budget needs to be justified. So the many pork programs would have to come under scrutiny as well as others.
By now many of you have heard about the C-17 Starlifter issue. There are 17 of them in the budget. The Pentagon does not want any more as they have more than they need now. Congress on the other hand is supporting continuing the delivery of the planes as the program contributes to jobs and other perks in their areas of responsibility.
There will never be a zero based budget in Washington. They don't know what it means and don't want to know and would NEVER support it. The example of the C-17 is just one of many worth more billions that the buget increases for the foreseeable future.
Reductions from the existing budget.....real money saved....that is money that will be turned back and not spent.
Relax everybody....not to worry. THAT WILL NEVER EVER HAPPEN IN POLITICS.
Yes there will be some eye wash programs that will not come close to making a dent in the needed correction.....and nobody will miss anyway.
How about another business question? Revenues are reduced (tax inflow) as a function of unemployment. So why is it OK to maintain the current spending budget by making a big deal out of "freezing spending".
Reduced revenues with continued spending = losses!!!
You wanna make a politician nervous? Talk to him in the above terms and see what you get!!!!!! More of the same smoke and mirrors.
Repeat Mass. all over again at the polls and remember to re-elect no one.
btk
A spending freeze merely means there will be no INCREASES in the new budget.
That means is is acceptable to be spending at the ongoing rate that has and continues to head this country to bankruptcy.
Medicaid and social security are headed to insolvency in the current spending mode!!!
Until such time as Obama steps up to the plate....really steps up to the plate....and demands a zero based budget.....there will be no progress. Zero based budgeting means that every dime in the current budget needs to be justified. So the many pork programs would have to come under scrutiny as well as others.
By now many of you have heard about the C-17 Starlifter issue. There are 17 of them in the budget. The Pentagon does not want any more as they have more than they need now. Congress on the other hand is supporting continuing the delivery of the planes as the program contributes to jobs and other perks in their areas of responsibility.
There will never be a zero based budget in Washington. They don't know what it means and don't want to know and would NEVER support it. The example of the C-17 is just one of many worth more billions that the buget increases for the foreseeable future.
Reductions from the existing budget.....real money saved....that is money that will be turned back and not spent.
Relax everybody....not to worry. THAT WILL NEVER EVER HAPPEN IN POLITICS.
Yes there will be some eye wash programs that will not come close to making a dent in the needed correction.....and nobody will miss anyway.
How about another business question? Revenues are reduced (tax inflow) as a function of unemployment. So why is it OK to maintain the current spending budget by making a big deal out of "freezing spending".
Reduced revenues with continued spending = losses!!!
You wanna make a politician nervous? Talk to him in the above terms and see what you get!!!!!! More of the same smoke and mirrors.
Repeat Mass. all over again at the polls and remember to re-elect no one.
btk