Why? Will give up your benefits and money from the state and federal governments?
Who will tell all those on social security “No more”. Who will tell the military and defense contractors “You have no job”.
IF we want those things, they have to be paid for. We lost that along the way. We started paying for all sorts of things without having the money to do so. We sold our inheritance for a bowl of porridge and are mad that there is only an empty bowl left.
Right now, no one wants THEIR program cut. Look at the sequester threads and see all the screaming from those affected. Look at the annual threads about how much SS payments will increase, and see more of the same. Look at the old space program threads and see the wailing and gnashing of teeth.
This is supposed to be a “conservative” site, yet everyone wants THEIR MONEY. That money has to come from somewhere.
If on a site like Free Republic, that self selects for people of conservative interests,and if we can’t have people saying “I will take that cut, and make do”, how in the heck do we expect the rest of the country to do that?
Again, I know that higher taxes will hurt the economy. But what this site has taught me is that very, very, few really care as long as their slop comes down the trough from the Fedgov. If that is the case (and polling suggests it is) then we had better find a way to pay for all that slop. Before China turns off the money supply.
You make a fair point. Suggest a cap on the mortgage deduction or point out that seniors are taking out of Medicare several times what they put into it such that a hike in the eligibility age might be in order or propose the removal of farm subsidies or even taking away ethanol payments or...
Why would anybody tell those who have dumped money down the government toilet their entire working lives they won't be getting their own checks?
Start by cutting off illegal aliens; then the bums, deadbeats, and parasites who comprise the Democrat party base; then tell the government unions to suck eggs - - no more "public sector" unions "negotiating" for their Rolls Royce pensions and perks with corrupt politicians; then get rid of all redundant agencies and worthless, ineffective departments such as the Department of Education. (How many hundreds of billions of dollars are we up to?)
Clean up the mess, and only THEN talk to me about more taxes. Starve the beast.