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To: rabscuttle385
I don't know who this guy is, but when government people start saying words like "sacrifice," they invariably mean you and me sacrificing what's left in our checkbook instead of government balancing theirs.

The Libs and RINO's will always make it sound impossible to fix the debt problem. It was created in large part simply enough: the STUPID STIMULUS which should have been a tax cut.

You start by CUTTING TAXES. Then you CUT GOVERNMENT SPENDING big time. Do what Reagan did. He had Carter to deal with we have Obama. What Reagan said in 1980 is as appropriate now as ever:

Mr Reagan: "Well. most people, when they think about cutting Government spending, they think in terms of eliminating necessary programs or wiping out something, some service that Government is supposed to perform. I believe that there is enough extravagance and fat in government. As a matter of fact, one of the secretaries of HEW under Mr. Carter testified that he thought there was $7 billion worth of fraud and waste in welfare and in the medical programs associated with it. We've had the Central Accounting. Office estimate that there is probably tens of billions of dollars that is lost in fraud alone, and they have added that waste adds even more to that. We have a program for a gradual reduction of Government spending based on these theories, and I have a task force now that has been working on where those cuts could be made. I'm confident that it can be done and that it will reduce inflation because I did it in California. And inflation went down below the national average in California when we returned the money to the people and reduced Government spending."

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27 posted on 12/19/2010 1:29:01 PM PST by Jim W N
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To: Jim 0216
When I worked for the VA at one time we decided to take some unused bedrooms and turn them into offices. Now understand, VA office furniture was sturdy, basic, and seviceable but nothing to look at. We aren't talking mahogany here, we're talking gray Steelcase. Cost of furnishing one office was 50,000 dollars. That was fifteen years ago too. If you don't believe gubbermint waste is a substantial amount, multiply that tidbit by the thousands.
39 posted on 12/19/2010 4:09:27 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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