hey D1, I dont do the click thingy.
Dude, no offense, I dont mean to be like old fashion or anything but I’d like to abolish tons of federal agencies. Almost everything except National Security and border control are not federal issues.
In the old days we had tariffs, national defense and at that time immigration was not a problem.
I join you in wanting that sort of thing. I don’t think that makes you old fashioned at all. It’s the direction we need to be heading, and I agree with it.
Right now we are in too deep to do some of the things we both want. For instance, it’s going to take between 20 to 40 years to eliminate Social Security as we know it.
As a resolution to this, I want to see a privatized savings plan that will eliminate Medicare as we know it also.
Obviously we can’t just stop certain programs cold turkey, because our government set the rules and those who played by them would be left with no income and no medical care.
Our infrastructure has not been revamped in my lifetime, in a meaningful comprehensive way.
Some has, but much of it hasn’t.
For now we’re going to have to suck it up and play by the old set of rules, as we transition to a different way to pay for things.
I believe there will always be a need for some federal dollars to help small states meet their needs. Interstate roads are something we all use. States captive population aren’t the only ones who use them.
Do I want to see our federal budget butchered? Yes I do.
Part of this is going to be achieved by cutting, and other parts will be achieved with tax cuts, increased employment, and resultant tax revenues as the tax base expands.
Trump has been in there for two months, and some folks are already to attack him for anything they see as a violation of the promises he made.
I don’t see helping a town like Flint get it’s water system back in order, as a major breach of his promises.
We’re going to have to let some of this play out, so we can see if the overall situation improves. It will.
We want his nation turned around. We want it done now.
As Trump cuts back, we will begin to see the deficit reduced.
Cuts, a broader tax base, some teriffs..., we’re get the job done.
$100 million in Flint sounds like a massive expense to us, but it is a paltry number in today’s budget terms.
It is not evidence of Trump merely being another Obama or anything like that.
Take care.