Posted on 02/11/2011 2:56:23 PM PST by SeekAndFind
A big obstacle for House Republicans eager to slash the federal budget deficit may be that Republicans nationally tend to shy away from spending cuts in many major government programs.
Budget cutting is a top priority for the GOP, with 70 percent of Republicans in a new survey by the Pew Research Center saying the federal government should focus on reducing the deficit, not new economic stimulus. And in many cases, more Republicans now support cuts than did so two years ago.
But across 18 areas of federal spending, a majority of Republicans support decreasing spending in just one: aid to the world's needy. In one other area, unemployment assistance, 50 percent of Republicans polled said they would decrease spending (far higher than the 11 percent who said they would increase it), but in all others the number saying funds should be cut is under the 50 percent mark.
When it comes to three big ticket items - Social Security, Medicare and defense spending - more Republicans want increases than decreases in federal outlays.
Support for budget cuts is, unsurprisingly, lower still among Democrats and independents.
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Completely False. You are just echoing leftist propaganda which has been mindlessly picked up by rookies. I.e., you really are ignorant of the real Reagan history aren't you?
Start to educate yourself rookie: Read this article from the American Enterprise Institute
After you have actually learned something, then you can maybe contribute positively rather than being a foil for the communist schills who are trying to split up the conservative constitutionalist movement.
It will force him to stop his extra spending in its tracks while he pays China and Japan their interest. That is what we MUST do until we can take back the Senate (which should have happened this time around). The failures to do so weret due to corporate help of the leftists in Nevada, Maryland and Colorado prevented it from happening...and we should keep track of those corporate malefactors who are aiding and abetting communism...and then whack them good when we can finally regain the White House. They clearly are 'croney capitalists' and need to go. They are living off our dime, and it is time to take it away.
Well, one cannot freeze government borrowing. What one can do is to put a cap on the national debt. Even then it is hard to do this when we are at war. Three reasons to have a national debt: 1) to establish the credit of the U.S. Government;2) to make debtors with the interests of the of the government; and 3), to fund the government in time of war. The position of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency has helped us immensely, but that postion has become shaky.
The leadership is terrified of being perceived as a threat to long standing deals cut with Washington Lobbyists and with interests back home. The Tea Parties are the only force that can get them to budge.
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As for your argument on his deficits, that is pure leftist talking points. Why do you think the left hated him so vigorously? He was trying to shut down much of the excess government.
As for your listed debt increases you allude to during his terms, the DEFENSE BUDGET was a vital part of that, and it was well worth it.
We defeated the Soviet Union, evading a nuclear armageddon and our annhilation. Just barely.
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