Posted on 06/24/2009 5:25:17 AM PDT by FromLori
Hard-working Americans have had enough of outrageous government spending -- and they are not going to stand for it anymore.
Enough is enough. A trillion dollars here, a trillion there -- doesn’t this new Democratic Congress understand there is no “free money”? At this rate, will the average American family ever again see a balanced federal budget in their lifetime?
It's time to sunset wasteful Washington spending. That’s why we are co-chairing a bold new effort by House conservatives to root out government programs and agencies that taxpayers don’t need and then send them riding off into the sunset WITHOUT any more of our hard-earned tax dollars.
The newly formed Sunset Caucus and its 42 members have one goal: to protect taxpayers and shrink the behemoth that is our federal government. We will do it -- one wasteful, duplicative, or unnecessary program at a time.
Every member of this Caucus has committed themselves to adopt one or more federal programs they believe has outlived their usefulness (or never should have been enacted) and publicly champion their elimination, including offering zero-funding amendments this summer to the twelve spending bills that fund the national government.
So far the Caucus has identified nearly a half a trillion dollars -- $472 billion -- of wasteful spending. They include the unspent portion of the controversial economic stimulus boondoggle, Americorps (the federal program where “volunteers” get paid for community service), the heavily subsidized and money losing Amtrak, the failed presidential election fund, millions of dollars for the national party conventions, a “diplomatic attaché” in Paris for the Department of Education, paying federal workers with tax dollars so they can work on union organizing activities and payments to countries to take Guantanamo Bay terrorists out of a perfectly good high security prison.
Do you know we spend $8.7 million dollars a year to connect whalers in Massachusetts with their whaling ancestors in Alaska and Hawaii? To pay for just one program like that means dedicating all the federal taxes from families in a small rural town of 1,800. With federal deficits running into unimaginable numbers, can we really afford these types of frivolous programs? Is this how people want their hard-earned dollars spend?
The Congressional voting card has become the most dangerous credit card on the face of the planet. There are no limits, no repercussions and no penalties for overuse.
But, the problem is -- it’s not our money, it’s yours, America.
...”a “diplomatic attaché” in Paris for the Department of Education”...
How about just eliminating the whole Department?
Worst Congress, Ever.
Why should they when the Republican Congress before them didn't get the concept either?
2010 campaign is starting. Hope this isn’t a ruse.
Probably is but it probably does not matter the new world order has arrived with the funding thrown in the war bill for the IMF and people were not paying attention.
“Hardworking Americans Have Had Enough of Outrageous Government Spending.”
Nah. Watch them elect more democrats in 2010. (Not to mention RINOS.)
IMHO
FairTax
http://www.fairtax.org
The FairTax abolishes all Income and payroll taxes, capital gains, etc, It replaces the entire federal tax code.
The rate for the FairTax National retail Sales Tax NRST will be voted by Congress every year. It is now set to be initiated at 23% of all RETAIL purchases.
Cut spending and pressure Congress each year to lower the NRST as a result. When you combine a simple number such as national rate with a campaign to cut spending, then you have the means to cut real spending because cutting spending does not mean less government spending. It can mean cutting one program to fund another or cutting the planned increase of a program.
But cutting the NRST every year in Congress means REAL SPENDING CUTS.
I don’t know how current this member list is, but here is the list, from http://rsc.tomprice.house.gov/UploadedFiles/RSC_Sunset_Caucus_Two-Pager.pdf:
Current Members of the RSC Sunset Caucus include:
Kevin Brady (TX), co-chair. Jason Chaffetz (UT), co-chair, Todd Akin (MO), Steve Austria (OH), Michelle Bachmann (MN), Roscoe Bartlett (MD), Marsha Blackburn (TN), Paul Broun (GA), John Campbell (CA), Republican Whip Eric Cantor (VA), Mike Coffman (CO), Tom Cole (OK), Michael Conaway (TX), Mary Fallin (OK), Jeff Flake (AZ), John Fleming (LA), Virginia Foxx (NC), Scott Garrett (NJ), Phil Gingrey (GA), Bob Goodlatte (VA), Jeb Hensarling (TX), Duncan Hunter (CA), Jim Jordan (OH), Steve King (IA), John Kline (MN), Doug Lamborn (CO), Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO), Connie Mack (FL), Donald Manzullo (IL), Tom McClintock (CA), Buck McKeon (CA), Randy Neugebauer (TX), Pete Olson (TX), Joe Pitts (PA), Bill Posey (FL), RSC Chair Tom Price (GA), Phil Roe (TN), Ed Royce (CA), Steve Scalise (LA), Pete Sessions (TX), Cliff Stearns (FL)
Thanks good to have.
That doesn't mean they like everything that's going on, but what they don't like, they continue to blame on Bush, Cheney and the Republicans. I've been saying for a while now that when gas prices go back over $4, Milhouse is going to talk tough against Big Oil, and Boobus America will line up in the rain to sing his praises, overjoyed that he's doing something as opposed to the horrible Bush and Cheney who did nothing so their Big Oil buddies could get richer.
The first step to fixing this mess is to stop the delusion that the epiphany about Milhouse and the RATS is just around the corner. It ain't. The same hard work it took for Ronald Reagan and the other conservatives to educate people about the evils of big government and the evils of communism is required here.
Was it not the much maligned Bill Clinton who last managed to balance the budget, albeit only for one or two years?
Clinton was under a lot of pressure to have pro growth economic policies and to be fiscally responsible. For some odd reason, W and other Republicans were under no such pressure.
And when the public already knows that GOP politicians will fold like a cheap suit at the first hint of MSM disapproval.
Reformatted for clarity -
Current Members of the RSC Sunset Caucus include:
Kevin Brady (TX), co-chair.
Jason Chaffetz (UT), co-chair,
Todd Akin (MO),
Steve Austria (OH),
Michelle Bachmann (MN),
Roscoe Bartlett (MD),
Marsha Blackburn (TN),
Paul Broun (GA),
John Campbell (CA),
Republican Whip Eric Cantor (VA),
Mike Coffman (CO),
Tom Cole (OK),
Michael Conaway (TX),
Mary Fallin (OK),
Jeff Flake (AZ),
John Fleming (LA),
Virginia Foxx (NC),
Scott Garrett (NJ),
Phil Gingrey (GA),
Bob Goodlatte (VA),
Jeb Hensarling (TX),
Duncan Hunter (CA),
Jim Jordan (OH),
Steve King (IA),
John Kline (MN),
Doug Lamborn (CO),
Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO),
Connie Mack (FL),
Donald Manzullo (IL),
Tom McClintock (CA),
Buck McKeon (CA),
Randy Neugebauer (TX),
Pete Olson (TX),
Joe Pitts (PA),
Bill Posey (FL),
RSC Chair Tom Price (GA),
Phil Roe (TN),
Ed Royce (CA),
Steve Scalise (LA),
Pete Sessions (TX),
Cliff Stearns (FL)
W Bush was under pressure to balance the books, but he was under even more to secure the country after 9/11. And that, of course, costs.
“The same hard work it took for Ronald REagan and the other conservatives to educate people about the evils of big government and the evils of communism is required here.”
So true!
And then there was W's complete abandonment of the technology sector and economic growth policies. The only growth policy he had was for the government.
Point taken.
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