Posted on 11/21/2016 5:06:08 AM PST by expat_panama
Your feelings are mirrored by tens of millions of others. And that's why Social Security and Medicare are the third rails of politics.
Also enforce immigration laws. Illegal aliens flooding across our open borders, and the import of Muslim ‘Refugees’ (colonists) are costing the U.S trillions in welfare.
I doubt by 85 year old grandmother could have filled a work requirement, what with her hip and her Alzheimer's. So would she have lost her Social Security and Medicare?
With a stroke of the pen, eliminate any agency formed by the stroke of the pen.
I agree with the author that the sequester worked. Unfortunately, Trump and Pence have vowed to end the sequester on military spending. We’re not up against the Soviet Union anymore. Spending isn’t the issue in fighting Islam. We’re already massively outspending them.
Trump has also vowed not to touch Medicare or Social Security. And he says he wants to keep coverage for pre-existing conditions in his health plan, which is the primary source of Obamacare’s costs.
I don’t see where the cuts are going to come from. Congress just tried to reinstate earmarks and Ryan said to “hold off” on that for now.
All signs point to a repeat of the Bush administration fiscal policy, with tons of “conservative” spending increases for the military and status quo or more spending on health care and little to no cuts in anything.
Trump has said he’ll pay for his spending by revitalizing the economy and increasing tax revenue. You can’t solve a budget crisis on hope.
And I have a feeling if Trump manages to repatriate overseas corporate profits as a one-time deal that the Congress will go hog-wild spending the money. But the ONLY responsible thing to do with a one-time windfall revenue is to pay off debt. I haven’t heard Trump or anyone say that’s what would be done with that revenue.
If you think bold it is actually quite easy. Take the entire budget for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services and block grant it to the states. Then reduce it by 10% of this total every year for the next ten years. This would gradually transfer this responsibility to the states where it belongs constitutionally.
I take exception to that if the "need" is self-created, The "hand up" too frequently turns into the handout.
Paul Ryan loves plans that cut debt in 10 years. Then two wars, a market crash and a recession later, the plans never seem to come to fruition as advertised.
We must be careful that the need to monitor the work requirement to determine continued eligibility does not lead to creation of more bureaucracy. The same with the necessary child care, which can not be unmonitored. And then the layer of oversight, as in "who watches the watchers?"
GDP = C + I + G + (X - M) or GDP = private consumption + gross investment + government investment + government spending + (exports - imports)
If you were to cut $1 trillion in government spending, without a corresponding increase in private sector growth, the GDP would reckon that as a recession - even as the reduction might be beneficial
Two weeks into his bombing run Hussein eliminated the work requirement. I'm sure not a single government job was lost. So for 8 years the bureaucracy has been collecting a paycheck. Trump can put some of them back to work, and ditch the rest.
There are plenty of departments to shut down. EPA, Education, Commerce, IRS with passage of flat tax, plus many more by turning responsibility back to the states.
A couple good steps to save money would be to abolish the EPA. Abolish the Dept. of Education. Think of the salaries and government retirements that would save!
The federal funding for all the "Sanctuary Cities," states and counties will give Trump a substancial start of HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS.
"Sanctuary cities risk billions in defiance of Trump" - CNN
The article neither gives the number of billions or even lists the cities/counties - but it says "New York {City alone} could stand to lose close to $10.4 billion in federal funds, according to budget documents sent from the City Council Speaker's office."
We get a full listing and map from CIS.ORG:
States California, Connecticut, New Mexico, Colorado Cities and Counties Arizona South Tucson California (in addition to all counties) Alameda County Berkley Contra Costa County Los Angeles County Los Angeles Monterey County Napa County Orange County (Sheriff and Probation Department) Riverside County Sacramento County San Bernardino County San Diego County San Francisco County San Mateo County Santa Clara County Santa Cruz County Sonoma County Colorado (in addition to all counties) Arapahoe County Aurora Detention Center Boulder County Denver Denver County Fort Collins Garfield County Glenwood Springs Grand County Jefferson County Larimer County Mesa County Pitkin County Pueblo County Routt County San Miguel County Connecticut (in addition to state LEAs) Bridgeport East Haven Fairfield County Hamden Hartford County Hartford Manchester Meriden New Haven New Haven County New London County Stamford Stratford Tolland County Florida Broward County Hernando County Hillsborough County Miami-Dade County Palm Beach County Pasco County Pinellas County Georgia Clayton County Illinois Champaign County Chicago Cook County Des Plaines Hanover Park Hoffman Estates Northbrook Palatine Iowa Allamakee County Benton County Cass County Clinton County Delaware County Dubuque County Franklin County Freemont County Greene County Ida County Iowa County Jefferson County Johnson County Linn County Marion County Monona County Montgomery County Polk County Pottawattamie County Sioux County Story County Wapello County Winneshiek County Kansas Butler County Finney County Harvey County Johnson County Sedgwick County Shawnee County Kentucky Campbell County Franklin County [Editor's Note: According to new information provided to the Center by elected Kenton County Jailer Terry W. Carl, Kenton County complies with all ICE detainers and requests and is fully cooperative with ICE.] Scott County Woodford County Louisiana New Orleans [Editor's Note: According to new information provided to the Center, Lafayette Parish now complies with all ICE detainers and requests and is fully cooperative with ICE.] Orleans Parish Maine Portland Maryland Baltimore City Montgomery County Prince George's County Massachusetts Amherst Boston Cambridge Hampden County Holyoke Lawrence Northhampton Somerville Springfield Minnesota Bloomington Brooklyn Park Hennepin County Ramsey County Nebraska Douglas County Hall County Lancaster County Sarpy County Nevada Clark County Washoe County New Jersey Linden Middlesex County Newark Ocean County Plainfield Union County New Mexico (in addition to all counties) Bernalillo County Dona Ana County Luna County Otero County Rio Arriba County San Miguel County Santa Fe County Taos County New York Franklin County Nassau County New York City Onondaga County Rensselaer County Saratoga County Suffolk County St. Lawrence County Wayne County North Dakota North Dakota State Penitentiary South West Multiple County Corrections Center Oregon Baker County Clackamas County Clatsop, Oregon Coos County Crook County Curry County Deschutes County Douglas County Gilliam County Grant County Hood River County Jackson County Jefferson County Josephine County Lincoln County Linn County Malheur County Marion County Multnomah County Oregon State Correctional Institution Polk County Sherman County Springfield Police Department Tillamook County Umatilla County Union County Wallowa County Wasco County Washington County Wheeler County Yamhill County Pennsylvania Abington Chester County Delaware County Lehigh County Montgomery County Philadelphia Philadelphia County Rhode Island Rhode Island Department of Corrections Texas Dallas County Travis County Virginia Arlington Chesterfield County Washington Benton County Chelan County Clallam County Clark County Cowlitz County Fife City Franklin County Jefferson County Issaquah Kent King County Kitsap County Lynnwood City Marysville Pierce County Puyallup Skagit County Snohomish County South Correctional Entity (SCORE) Jail, King County Spokane County Sunnyside Thurston County Walla Walla County Washington State Corrections Whatcom County Yakima County Washington, DC Wisconsin Milwaukee County
The number of billions saved is "HUGE!"
The closest we came was in 2013 when the federal government spent a little more than two percent less than in 2012, mostly accomplished with cuts in defense spending and a drop in unemployment benefits after the recessionHA! Who is the bigger fool? The person writing this pretending to be an economist or the person posting this as a legitimate study?
That alone would eliminate the expected half $T for fy18, but my first thot is if it were "easy" how come no one's done it and my other is that why doesn't T ever mention it?
Cut out the fraud. I see allot of very fat people ( mainly Mexicans) using food stamps or food assistance cards at the store. Ecards used at fast food is a joke.
I sincerely doubt he thinks it will be easy.
But the fact that it will be difficult is not an excuse for failing to at least try.
Because the Congress does not really want Fiscal Responsibility. Remember DJT is not a political junkie like us. He probably has never heard of it. However, I am amazed at how fast a learner he is.
My bet is he's heard of it and understands that darn few voters have --so it doesn't matter to him. It matters to us tho because we care about spending and we know what's happening. I'd guess that spending will go up and his supporters won't blame DJT.
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