Zero based budgeting for sure. We don’t even get a rundown on the general overhead of agencies and programs. In my opinion, any of these with operating costs over 30-35% need to go. And I’ll bet there are many.
Balanced Budget Amendment? Not so sure. From history and watching I find balancing budgets because of “the law” are full of holes for things like “emergencies”, etc. Like here in TN.
And our useless politicians ALWAYS create the spending side first with their “projections” and THEN try to shove more taxes down our throats to “balance” the budget.
It happened here in TN under Republican Gov. Don “The Tax Terrorist” Sundquist. Look up Phil Valentine’s book on this tax fight we had. It’s interesting. We protested on legislative plaza and at one point they send armed State Troopers to confront us for “yelling at them” and they were “worried there might be violence”.
Sound familiar?
There is provision in most of the BBA texts I’ve seen that allows for deficits, but all require a super majority in both houses of the Congress for passage.
Replacing the Income Tax (including repeal of the 16th Amendment) with a consumption tax model, administered at the State level would eliminate the IRS, and at least bring new light to the attempts to foist new taxes on us to accommodate the whims of the elitists.
The truth is we have to make some very difficult decisions in the coming months and years, if we are to salvage this grand experiment. It will not be easy. It will likely be messy; maybe even bloody. But, it must be done.
Thanks, Fledermaus. Stay safe, and stay FRee.