What would you cut/fund?

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  • CH156378
    CH156378 Posts: 1,539
    no it's donald trump
  • usamamasan1
    usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    how would cutting The Donald help?
  • CH156378
    CH156378 Posts: 1,539
    ahhhhh, you still refer to him as "The Donald" how cute.
  • usamamasan1
    usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    :lol:
  • CH156378
    CH156378 Posts: 1,539
    :lolno:
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,674
    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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  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,676
    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 ?


    Godfather.
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    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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  • pandora
    pandora 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 :?
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    Jason P wrote:
    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.

    I don't understand cutting SS ?how could they cut something I have paid into my whole working life (over 30 yrs) does that mean I'm just assed out or do they have something in mind to make it right ?
    and I agree with getting out of other countries but we will always need a strong military.

    Godfather.
  • usamamasan1
    usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    I do not ever expect to get my money back paid into SS. The way I see it, it's a done deal for anyone in their 30's.
  • CH156378
    CH156378 Posts: 1,539
    with the policies you endorse i wouldn't expect anything either.
  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    They could cut every program not called Medicaid, Social Security and Military and there would still have a deficit.

    Why does the USA have to spend as much on military as the rest of the world combined? Why can't it be DEFENSE spending instead of 'invading other countries' spending?
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  • usamamasan1
    usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    CH156378 wrote:
    with the policies you endorse i wouldn't expect anything either.

    eh, SS is beer money at best when I am eligible. I will have my own nest egg to play with. That is the policy I endorse.
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,424
    keeponrockin wrote:
    Why does the USA have to spend as much on military as the rest of the world combined? Why can't it be DEFENSE spending instead of 'invading other countries' spending?
    because the best defense is a good offense??

    i am with you man, i am so fucking sick of military spending. and what do we get for that money anyway? we have no problem with spending money to kill people, yet i am called a socialist for wanting that money to actually help save lives and help people live...
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    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.

    how do you fund the legalisation of pot? just make it legal... tick the right box and sign off on it.. surely thatll need as much funding as buying a sandwich. :think:
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,674
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    keeponrockin wrote:
    Why does the USA have to spend as much on military as the rest of the world combined? Why can't it be DEFENSE spending instead of 'invading other countries' spending?
    because the best defense is a good offense??

    i am with you man, i am so fucking sick of military spending. and what do we get for that money anyway? we have no problem with spending money to kill people, yet i am called a socialist for wanting that money to actually help save lives and help people live...

    These are two of the best, most sensible statements I've read all day. Right on guys!
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  • butterjam
    butterjam Posts: 221
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    keeponrockin wrote:
    Why does the USA have to spend as much on military as the rest of the world combined? Why can't it be DEFENSE spending instead of 'invading other countries' spending?
    because the best defense is a good offense??

    i am with you man, i am so fucking sick of military spending. and what do we get for that money anyway? we have no problem with spending money to kill people, yet i am called a socialist for wanting that money to actually help save lives and help people live...

    First thing to "cut" is the $1.6 TRILLION of bonds that the Federal Reserve. Why this is not talked about more reaffirms the incompetence of our congress and media.

    Next would be to bring home the bulk of our troops from around the world. This includes all private military contractors as well.
  • usamamasan1
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