normiss 906 #26 December 22, 2011 Agreed. I've worked second jobs, overtime, consulted, thrown drogues. It can be done. Bring the pain, let's all suck it up and get this done already. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,182 #27 December 22, 2011 QuoteQuote>you fix a deficit by cutting spending You fix a deficit by cutting spending and increasing revenue. Anyone unwilling to acknowledge either side of that equation is contributing to the problem; it is attitudes like that that got us where we are today. Even the non-partison GAO said revenue isn't a problem. i even read that here. We need to cut spending first and just let the tax breaks expire (same end result as a tax hike) and close loops holes (same end result as raising taxes). First - cut foreign aid, second - GOV Employee enticements and Defense (Start with Per-diem), then keep working down the list from biggest to smallist, just like you do at home. Matt Foreign aid is chicken feed compared to the big three. All that cutting that would do is pander to the redneck vote and piss off a lot of poor countries (and Israel).... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,182 #28 December 22, 2011 Quote Obama only cares about saving his own damn job. So he's like 99.999% of politicians. Wow.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #29 December 22, 2011 Quote Quote Obama only cares about saving his own damn job. So he's like 99.999% of politicians. Wow. No argument here. But what about the other 0.001%? Do they really care? Not so sure about them either. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matthewcline 0 #30 December 22, 2011 QuoteQuoteQuote>you fix a deficit by cutting spending You fix a deficit by cutting spending and increasing revenue. Anyone unwilling to acknowledge either side of that equation is contributing to the problem; it is attitudes like that that got us where we are today. Even the non-partison GAO said revenue isn't a problem. i even read that here. We need to cut spending first and just let the tax breaks expire (same end result as a tax hike) and close loops holes (same end result as raising taxes). First - cut foreign aid, second - GOV Employee enticements and Defense (Start with Per-diem), then keep working down the list from biggest to smallist, just like you do at home. Matt Foreign aid is chicken feed compared to the big three. All that cutting that would do is pander to the redneck vote and piss off a lot of poor countries (and Israel). True, but it still needs to be done. We crunched the per-diem numbers last month and found it would save about $350,000 a week (Low end) for the DOD alone. Applied across the whole GOV it could be millions a week. MattAn Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 906 #31 December 22, 2011 Our government's repeated insult to our intelligence is starting to piss me off.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
usedtajump 1 #32 December 22, 2011 Quote Our government's repeated insult to our intelligence is starting to piss me off.... Starting to??? RightEdited to add............ "Republicans Cave".The older I get the less I care who I piss off. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
