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1 posted on 06/20/2010 6:00:39 PM PDT by PurpleMountains
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To: PurpleMountains

amen.


2 posted on 06/20/2010 6:01:51 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: PurpleMountains

most so called conservative refuse to support slashing entire deparments esp the politicans


3 posted on 06/20/2010 6:02:34 PM PDT by 4rcane
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To: PurpleMountains

You should go to Amazon and get yourself a copy of F.A. Hayek’s “The Road to Serfdom”...


4 posted on 06/20/2010 6:03:50 PM PDT by Bean Counter (Stout Hearts...)
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To: PurpleMountains
Did the Dept of Energy prevent the oil spill? No. Is it dealing with the spill? No. Has it reduced dependence on foreign oil? No. Has it developed renewable energy sources competitive with fossil fuels? No.

You could change the names of the agencies and the duties they're supposed to perform and the answers would still be the same.
5 posted on 06/20/2010 6:04:21 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: PurpleMountains

Yep, It is TIME to Drain the Swamp! It is TIME to DownSize DC!

Eliminate entire departments (Education, EPA, etc.)

Move any worthwhile functions back to the State level where it can be more efficiently and more logically administered.

Time to force Congress & Senate to telecommute most of the year, from back in their home districts under the thumbs of the electorate. And away from the lobbyists.

Can you imagine the reduction in operating expenses by moving the staff away from DC.

Just think about it.


6 posted on 06/20/2010 6:08:03 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.)
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To: PurpleMountains
From a previous thread today... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2538359/posts?page=1

If the USA was REALLY serious about
stabilizing the cost of health care,
they would do what no one wants to do...

They would KILL the entire 3rd party payment system
Medicare, Medicaid, Blue Cross, ALL of them
Severely reduce the regulatory burden on
Hospitals, Nurses, Doctors, Get rid of the Lawyers
The aggregate cost of care would drop by half

We have developed such dysfunctional relationships
in the system, that it is severely warped and damaged,
close to folding like the house of cards that it is...

The dependencies are so severe that
With the removal of the Social Contracts
an integer multiple of 10,000,000 people
would die within 5 years
My death, and I suspect many of yours, is quit likely

Worse than that is going to occur if
the dependencies are not cut sooner,
I suspect 1/3 of the population will die
with the ensuing societal collapse.

Romania, Greece, etc. are just the
warm up before the big event

Any effort to step away from the free market system
Note, I do not say Capitalism,
will inevitably make the damage worse

The Western Economies will be in full reverse by about 2015
The Gold Bugs will find that they cannot eat metal
Money is better spent on Arable land,
learning farming, small animal husbandry, and weaponry

IMHO...
The Devastation is an Arithmetic Certainty
The Best that can be done is to Minimize the Deaths
and Preserve some Structure of Society for
the sake of the Future Children

7 posted on 06/20/2010 6:10:10 PM PDT by HangnJudge
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We are in need of a wholesale slashing of government agencies.

Absolutely. We need to get rid of at least a half dozen agencies and dozens of other sub-agencies. Then we need to fire about 1/2 of the people left in the rest.

13 posted on 06/20/2010 8:28:35 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The US will not die with a whimper. It will die with thundering applause from the left.)
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To: PurpleMountains

Ohmigosh yes. I read the other day that the dept. of ed has 4800 employees but a budget in the billions. How is that even possible? What the heck are they spending that money on?

I’m not in favor of throwing people out of work, but to save billions but letting go under 5000 people, I say, let’s do it!

Maybe they can start charter schools, or sweep floors.

I’m way past the point of even caring.

STOP SPENDING MY MONEY ON CRAP!


14 posted on 06/20/2010 8:47:25 PM PDT by jocon307 (It's the spending, stupid.)
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