Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Popman
You are probably right. I hoping (false hope, probably) that the Tea Party Republicans might make a difference.

We are talking about a huge bureaucratic, mostly political, out of control pandering bunch of goofs and an American public who doesn't know any different.

There is huge waste, maybe as much as 20%, that is hidden beneath the surface.

I am all for whatever forces them to look at this waste. Call me skeptical, but an across the board 10% cut isn't going to do it.

Maybe an itemized list of all expenses with enough detail to be able to sort out waste from need. Has a third party, maybe someone in the press, ever done this?

I realize that it is a astronomically huge task. But it has to be done. And you are going to anger some very powerful people when you start poking around. Watch out.

12 posted on 07/30/2011 12:56:54 PM PDT by dhs12345
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies ]


To: dhs12345
Call me skeptical, but an across the board 10% cut isn't going to do it.

Well, that was 10 % per year. Cut much more and you are likely to get way too much pushback

We are talking about a huge bureaucratic, mostly political, out of control pandering bunch of goofs and an American public who doesn't know any different.

One has to wonder how huge thousand page bills get produced by Congress in record time. There are legions of special interest groups actually writing language into bills.

No wonder Pelosi spilled the beans when she said we have to read the healthcare bill to know what's in it.

Tea party republicans can make a difference by holding their colleagues feet to the fire

14 posted on 07/30/2011 1:12:45 PM PDT by Popman (Obama. First Marxist to turn a five year Marxist plan into a 4 year administration.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies ]

To: dhs12345

“There is huge waste, maybe as much as 20%, that is hidden beneath the surface.”
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

I’m afraid the truth is that only a small portion of government spending results in anything even slightly positive in nature. There are whole departments, vast in scope, that are counterproductive in nature, meaning that we would be much better off if the whole department were eliminated, all assets sold off to pay debt and a pledge made never to resurrect the monster. Education is just one example.


30 posted on 07/31/2011 5:59:11 AM PDT by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a liberal is like teaching algebra to a tomcat.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson