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Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 39,545
edited July 2011 in A Moving Train
Check out the link and see what you come up with. No easy task.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sp ... d/?hpid=z2

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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    what the hell is other spending...?

    Godfather.
  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 39,545
    Godfather. wrote:
    what the hell is other spending...?

    Godfather.

    Don't know. It won't let me scroll down to see the explanation after I've made my choices. Me thinks all those little programs that aren't classified above, like farm subsidies, NASA, NOAA, etc. maybe?
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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,619
    edited July 2011
    Halifax2TheMax wrote:
    Check out the link and see what you come up with. No easy task.

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sp ... d/?hpid=z2

    Peace.

    without reading the choices, I would fund a program that teaches every govt office how to produce their program services more efficiently. It shouldn't cost $2 to administer $1 worth of govt services.
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  • 8181 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    that's the wrong way to look at it.

    you can't change this month's spending, and most likely next months, but you can change teh direction so that in september, october and going forward, things are mroe balanced
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 40,285
    I say we start with congressional pensions. OUT.
    next we move on to congressional health care. OUT!!!!!! they can pay for thier own shit.
    finally we move on to congressional costs.i.e. office budgets etc..... OUT!!!!!

    Fuck those guys. This isnt supposed to be a career choice. Do your part then get the fuck OUT.
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  • FiveB247xFiveB247x Posts: 2,330
    I'd cut everyone and fund myself :lol:
    CONservative governMENt

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  • 8181 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    FiveB247x wrote:
    I'd cut everyone and fund myself :lol:


    you sound a man headed to washington :P
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  • JeanwahJeanwah Posts: 6,363
    Congressional salaries. Cut them back to minimum wage.
  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 39,545
    Get out of Iraq and Afghanistan and save $12,000,000,000 a month. I'd start there. Then cut ALL foreign aid 10% a year for ten years. Not sure what it is today.

    This might be helpful:

    Obama’s 2010 Federal Budget Explained in Plain English
    by Rebekah Manning

    **Note** You can find the 2011 Federal Budget explained in plain English here.

    The US Federal Budget for 2010 was released today, February 26,2009. This article focuses primarily on the discretionary spending. Of the

    discretionary budget, roughly half of spending goes to the US Department of Defense with the remaining money divided among 22 other departments. As one of a very small number of Americans who have read through the 140 page docket outlining the plan, I have analyzed and detailed it below. Overall, Departments like Agriculture show great detail while other departments like that of State use broad language and provide few clues into what programs will actually receive the billions. Unsurprisingly the National Intelligence Agency has no details about either total budget nor allocation. The mandatory spending, which totals an additional $2.184 trillion, allocates $695 billion to social security, $453 billion to Medicare, $290 billion to Medicaid, $11 billion in a potential disaster relief fund, $164 billion to pay off interest on the national debt and the remaining $571 billion to miscellaneous expenses.
    2009 Federal Budget Breakdown

    Overall, close to half of the discretionary federal budget goes to the Department of Defense. When the

    Obama 2010 Budget Breakdown

    funds from the Recovery Act are added in, The Department of Education is allocated a vast amount of money to help improve public school and increase access to higher education. The Department of Transportation also see a great deal of money for programs that will improve air traffic control and create an efficient and green fast interstate rail system.
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,495
    That is a pretty irresponsible article. So, with those programs it's either "All or None"?
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  • FiveB247xFiveB247x Posts: 2,330
    Exactly Cincy - everything in our society has to be black and white, good and bad or polarized. It's far easier to agree or disagree with ideas if you don't actually examine them or discuss them thoroughly but instead just glaze over with a one word characterization instead.
    cincybearcat wrote:
    That is a pretty irresponsible article. So, with those programs it's either "All or None"?
    CONservative governMENt

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  • 8181 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    I suggest American citizens their criminal activities, thus reducing the police force, judicial & penitentiary systems and Billions of dollars in savings.

    I would also fund the legalization of pot resulting in an increase of tax dollars.
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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 39,545
    cincybearcat wrote:
    That is a pretty irresponsible article. So, with those programs it's either "All or None"?

    No, I wouldn't advocate an "all or none" approach. I just posted that to illustrate where the money goes. The debate on what to cut and by how much is the challenge. And I welcome your suggestions or thoughts. Too often these types of very complex issues are over simplified, into as another poster stated, black and white. Nothing is black and white and the debate we're missing is, what are we really talking about? How much? What is it?, etc. Very frustrating, I think, for those of us who care. And to pretend that the revenue side doesn't need to be or can't be part of the solution is, in my opinion, disingenious, at best.

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  • shadowcastshadowcast Posts: 2,231
    Defense needs to be trimed big time. Also get our Military out of Germany and other countries. I mean do we really need to be in Germany? One thing that I do not understand is Federal Transit & Federal Highway. Shouldn't these two pay for themselves with tolls and transit tickets?
  • shadowcastshadowcast Posts: 2,231
    81 wrote:
    I suggest American citizens their criminal activities, thus reducing the police force, judicial & penitentiary systems and Billions of dollars in savings.

    I would also fund the legalization of pot resulting in an increase of tax dollars.
    Yes Pot nees to be legal. Alcohol is far more worse for you then weed.
  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    I'd cut almost everything including social security and Medicare.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • 8181 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    shadowcast wrote:
    Defense needs to be trimed big time. Also get our Military out of Germany and other countries. I mean do we really need to be in Germany? One thing that I do not understand is Federal Transit & Federal Highway. Shouldn't these two pay for themselves with tolls and transit tickets?

    isn't the federal gas tax supposet o fund the federal highway system
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  • usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    These are all the programs that the new Republican House have proposed cutting. Cut and paste from an email


    Corporation for Public Broadcasting Subsidy. $445 million annual savings.
    Save America 's Treasures Program. $25 million annual savings.
    International Fund for Ireland . $17 million annual savings.
    Legal Services Corporation. $420 million annual savings.
    National Endowment for the Arts. $167.5 million annual savings.
    National Endowment for the Humanities. $167.5 million annual savings.
    Hope VI Program. $250 million annual savings.
    Amtrak Subsidies. $1.565 billion annual savings.
    Eliminate duplicative education programs. H.R. 2274 (in last Congress), authored by Rep. McKeon, eliminates 68 at a savings of $1.3 billion annually.
    U.S. Trade Development Agency. $55 million annual savings.
    Woodrow Wilson Center Subsidy. $20 million annual savings.
    Cut in half funding for congressional printing and binding. $47 million annual savings.
    John C. Stennis Center Subsidy. $430,000 annual savings.
    Community Development Fund. $4.5 billion annual savings.
    Heritage Area Grants and Statutory Aid. $24 million annual savings.
    Cut Federal Travel Budget in Half. $7.5 billion annual savings
    Trim Federal Vehicle Budget by 20%. $600 million annual savings.
    Essential Air Service. $150 million annual savings.
    Technology Innovation Program. $70 million annual savings.
    Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program. $125 million annual savings.
    Department of Energy Grants to States for Weatherization. $530 million annual savings.
    Beach Replenishment. $95 million annual savings.
    New Starts Transit. $2 billion annual savings.
    Exchange Programs for Alaska , Natives Native Hawaiians, and Their Historical Trading Partners in Massachusetts . $9 million annual savings
    Intercity and High Speed Rail Grants. $2.5 billion annual savings.
    Title X Family Planning. $318 million annual savings.
    Appalachian Regional Commission. $76 million annual savings.
    Economic Development Administration. $293 million annual savings.
    Programs under the National and Community Services Act. $1.15 billion annual savings.
    Applied Research at Department of Energy. $1.27 billion annual savings.
    FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership. $200 million annual savings.
    Energy Star Program. $52 million annual savings.
    Economic Assistance to Egypt . $250 million annually.
    U.S. Agency for International Development. $1.39 billion annual savings.
    General Assistance to District of Columbia . $210 million annual savings.
    Subsidy for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. $150 million annual savings.
    Presidential Campaign Fund. $775 million savings over ten years.
    No funding for federal office space acquisition. $864 million annual savings.
    End prohibitions on competitive sourcing of government services.
    Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act. More than $1 billion annually.
    IRS Direct Deposit: Require the IRS to deposit fees for some services it offers (such as processing payment plans for taxpayers) to the Treasury, instead of allowing it to remain as part of its budget. $1.8 billion savings over ten years.
    Require collection of unpaid taxes by federal employees. $1 billion total savings.WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Prohibit taxpayer funded union activities by federal employees. $1.2 billion savings over ten years.
    Sell excess federal properties the government does not make use of. $15 billion total savings.
    Eliminate death gratuity for Members of Congress.
    Eliminate Mohair Subsidies. $1 million annual savings.
    Eliminate taxpayer subsidies to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. $12.5 million annual savings
    Eliminate Market Access Program. $200 million annual savings.
    USDA Sugar Program. $14 million annual savings.
    Subsidy to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). $93 million annual savings.
    Eliminate the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program. $56.2 million annual savings.
    Eliminate fund for Obamacare administrative costs. $900 million savings.
    Ready to Learn TV Program. $27 million savings..
    HUD Ph.D. Program.
    Deficit Reduction Check-Off Act.
    TOTAL SAVINGS: $2.5 Trillion over Ten Years
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  • usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    Is that you?
  • CH156378CH156378 Posts: 1,539
    no it's donald trump
  • usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    how would cutting The Donald help?
  • CH156378CH156378 Posts: 1,539
    ahhhhh, you still refer to him as "The Donald" how cute.
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    :lol:
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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,435
    The unsustainable will eventually cut the floor out from underneath itself. It's time to start thinking very differently about how we do things. Limited resources and the effects of peak oil and climate change will make most of the arguments about cutting this and that moot in due time. Learn some basic skills, participate in local economy, learn to live more simply. And as my wise and aged father always tells me- HAVE FUN!
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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 39,545
    brianlux wrote:
    The unsustainable will eventually cut the floor out from underneath itself. It's time to start thinking very differently about how we do things. Limited resources and the effects of peak oil and climate change will make most of the arguments about cutting this and that moot in due time. Learn some basic skills, participate in local economy, learn to live more simply. And as my wise and aged father always tells me- HAVE FUN!

    Very astute. Don't forget what happens when the ocean reaches an unsustainable level of CO2. Live simply so that others may live. And have fun.

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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    this would be one of my cuts.
    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/07 ... eceive-us/

    we're sending billions to other countrys and we have debt that david gates couldn't pay ?


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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,157
    It's still not enough.

    Maybe they should consider areas that affect our budget the most. Military, Social Security, Medicaid. Then I'll know they are serious.
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  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    usamamasan1 wrote:
    These are all the programs that the new Republican House have proposed cutting. Cut and paste from an email


    Corporation for Public Broadcasting Subsidy. $445 million annual savings.
    Save America 's Treasures Program. $25 million annual savings.
    International Fund for Ireland . $17 million annual savings.
    Legal Services Corporation. $420 million annual savings.
    National Endowment for the Arts. $167.5 million annual savings.
    National Endowment for the Humanities. $167.5 million annual savings.
    Hope VI Program. $250 million annual savings.
    Amtrak Subsidies. $1.565 billion annual savings.
    Eliminate duplicative education programs. H.R. 2274 (in last Congress), authored by Rep. McKeon, eliminates 68 at a savings of $1.3 billion annually.
    U.S. Trade Development Agency. $55 million annual savings.
    Woodrow Wilson Center Subsidy. $20 million annual savings.
    Cut in half funding for congressional printing and binding. $47 million annual savings.
    John C. Stennis Center Subsidy. $430,000 annual savings.
    Community Development Fund. $4.5 billion annual savings.
    Heritage Area Grants and Statutory Aid. $24 million annual savings.
    Cut Federal Travel Budget in Half. $7.5 billion annual savings
    Trim Federal Vehicle Budget by 20%. $600 million annual savings.
    Essential Air Service. $150 million annual savings.
    Technology Innovation Program. $70 million annual savings.
    Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program. $125 million annual savings.
    Department of Energy Grants to States for Weatherization. $530 million annual savings.
    Beach Replenishment. $95 million annual savings.
    New Starts Transit. $2 billion annual savings.
    Exchange Programs for Alaska , Natives Native Hawaiians, and Their Historical Trading Partners in Massachusetts . $9 million annual savings
    Intercity and High Speed Rail Grants. $2.5 billion annual savings.
    Title X Family Planning. $318 million annual savings.
    Appalachian Regional Commission. $76 million annual savings.
    Economic Development Administration. $293 million annual savings.
    Programs under the National and Community Services Act. $1.15 billion annual savings.
    Applied Research at Department of Energy. $1.27 billion annual savings.
    FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership. $200 million annual savings.
    Energy Star Program. $52 million annual savings.
    Economic Assistance to Egypt . $250 million annually.
    U.S. Agency for International Development. $1.39 billion annual savings.
    General Assistance to District of Columbia . $210 million annual savings.
    Subsidy for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. $150 million annual savings.
    Presidential Campaign Fund. $775 million savings over ten years.
    No funding for federal office space acquisition. $864 million annual savings.
    End prohibitions on competitive sourcing of government services.
    Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act. More than $1 billion annually.
    IRS Direct Deposit: Require the IRS to deposit fees for some services it offers (such as processing payment plans for taxpayers) to the Treasury, instead of allowing it to remain as part of its budget. $1.8 billion savings over ten years.
    Require collection of unpaid taxes by federal employees. $1 billion total savings.WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Prohibit taxpayer funded union activities by federal employees. $1.2 billion savings over ten years.
    Sell excess federal properties the government does not make use of. $15 billion total savings.
    Eliminate death gratuity for Members of Congress.
    Eliminate Mohair Subsidies. $1 million annual savings.
    Eliminate taxpayer subsidies to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. $12.5 million annual savings
    Eliminate Market Access Program. $200 million annual savings.
    USDA Sugar Program. $14 million annual savings.
    Subsidy to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). $93 million annual savings.
    Eliminate the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program. $56.2 million annual savings.
    Eliminate fund for Obamacare administrative costs. $900 million savings.
    Ready to Learn TV Program. $27 million savings..
    HUD Ph.D. Program.
    Deficit Reduction Check-Off Act.
    TOTAL SAVINGS: $2.5 Trillion over Ten Years
    really.. unpaid taxes by federal employees ?!

    we got way to many programs ... wtf :?

    everybody's greedy little hands in the pot

    and I agree with shadowcast... cut defense big time and get out of other countries... Germany :?
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