[Enlightened1]

This is going to set Leftist into orbit.

Go Trump!

[Cobra64]

Yup. These are sacred cows to these batshit crazy fools.

[The Great RJ]

South Dakota Public Radio has what could be called commercials with announcements that various businesses sponsoring particular programs. Other NPR stations seem to have perpetual fundraisers. So why not just sell commercial airtime to support their programming?

[vannrox]

Great idea.
However, sounds like leak-bait.

[norwaypinesavage]

I started out life on my own, with nothing but debt. When I closed on my first house, the bank lied about the closing costs, and I had to take money out of my wallet to cover all the checks I wrote, and then bum money from my friends so I could eat until I got my next paycheck. I, indeed, lived from paycheck-to-paycheck for a good number of years after that. I'm not looking for sympathy, I'm simply describing the life of most of us in the US.

During that time, I spent NOTHING for art and entertainment. By necessity, I focused on controlling debt. Well, the US is a debtor nation. It borrows 1 dollar for every five dollars it spends. There is absolutely no reason for the government to not have the same constraints on spending that all of us individuals must follow.

[usconservative]

All this while welcome cuts, is really just trimming around the edges and not going to result in any meaningful savings to reduce the deficit and debt.

The real money as everyone knows is in the non-discretionary spunding such as WELFARE and ENTITLEMENTS. That includes Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, etc.. If those don't get touched/reformed (reduced spending overall, not "reductions in the increase in spending") then we can't simply cut enough discretionary budget to get to balance.

Everyone knows this. Since Trump's said he's not going to touch Social Security, I've no idea how he thinks we're going to eliminate the deficit and start paying down the debt. It's going to take another 1994 type of effort to get us there and I just don't see that happening with the "leadership" we have in Congress.