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>>103 House Republicans have already gone on record as saying they will not vote to raise the debt ceiling unless there is a cap of eighteen percent of government spending, federal spending, which is seven percent below what we’re spending right now. In addition to that, they insist on a constitutional amendment and to cut spending by half, the deficit by half next year, all of which are impossible.<<

NOT impossible; actually it is quite easy. Cap all federal employess, elected or not, at $100K, no pensions, no benefits. Eliminate Departments of Energy, Education, HHS. Across the board reductions of 25% in DC employees. Repeal DeathCare. Close the borders, by force if necessary. No foreign aid to ANYBODY.

How’s that for starters?

The Repubs. in Congress keep talking about needing a Constitutional Amendment, but who is holding the purse strings? The House of Representatives is where all funding measures are proposed, so create a budget that assumes all those spending cuts. Don't budget for it, if we don't have the money to spend on it. Then, when the Democrats demand more, ask them how they are going to pay for it. If all they can say is 'more taxes', ask them from whom all that money is going to come. When they say 'the rich', ask them how 'the rich' are going to create jobs if they are having to send their money to the government.

The logic is incontrovertible, too bad the Repubs. in the Senate won't have the guts to carry it to it's conclusion.

For starters that is a mere pittance.

First off 1/3 of your federal workforce are postal employees. 1/3 of them work for Department of Defense or our various intelligence and national security agencies. Another 1/3 do stuff like operate ports, etc.

So, you get rid of the USPS and you get what? You have any idea what percent of total federal outlays that entire agency with 1/3 of the federal workforce accounts for?

It's about 3%.

You'd need to get rid of 33X the number of federal workers.

Since USPS pay is less than half that found in other government agencies, per person, you'd probably need to get rid of 66X the number of federal workers.

You can get rid of Energy, Interior, Labor, Commerce, Education and several other marginally useful federal agencies and that still won't do it.

About NO RETIREMENTS, they've paid for their retirements. The federal government is not like your township trustee who draws a retirement based on nothing other than his service time. In the federal government the way it works is the employees have traditionally ended up funding their own retirements.

I'd need to live to be over 200 years of age before needing any assistance of any kind from the taxpayers (just for one example).

If you want to STEAL MY STUFF you will face heady resistance ~ I have a personal Castle Doctrine ~ so don't even try it.