ID BALANCE THE BUDGET, BY CUTTING ALL FOREIGN SPENDING AND AID..........THEY ALL HAVE JOBS NOW....... AND THE MONEY TOO.........SO THERE..........

THERE is a novel idea, however because we sometimes need the help of others it is sometimes tricky getting them to understand that we cant help them even temporarily


in a perfect world, other nations would be understanding enough not to take it personally and hold it against us in the future, but in THIS world, we probably would loose too much international/global collateral...

i think it's because they have to good of an understanding how out government works... like using PC and other manipulations against us, to get what they want.

That amounts to about 2% of the budget...

Good job...

Now balance the rest of it.

good point, what we send in foreign aid is just slightly more than what we spend on impoverished womena and children here,,,lets not touch that


lets make moderate cuts across the board instead of drastic cuts to any one area...

Agreed.

However...

Each little special interest group will attempt to 'hang' on to their 'special interest'...

So we will hear propaganda like.

that group wants to starve old people...

that group wants to fix this on the backs of the young.

that group hates black people.

that group hates white people.

This other, other group hates the other, other group etc...

so many people stirring the pot...

No one has bothered to notice the soup is done.

That might be 2% but it is a start. We could cut some more by cutting the congress and senators pay down to a more reasonable pay, if they want more then have a performance rating by all the voters in their district, say a 0-5 scale with 5 being the highest and anyone who does not turn in a report is counted as a 0 so they will be working to get as many people to do this system...lol

There is a built in performance rating within our form of government.

It called an election.

But that one takes to long to show actual performance... And we are trying to trim the budget with cutting their inflated salaries for them to suck up to the rich to fund their campaigns.

There is a reason why or system of governance is a Republic.

Our politicians have gotton so far into creating 'fiefdoms' that they have set the liberty bell ringing.

Elections have a way of slowing down the initial reaction to start hanging folks...

While at the same time letting the politicians know that that darn liberty bell is ringing.

They have a tendency to put foward some real Patriots when that happens.

I think we should make the politians, politic in person and only in their districts...

With out Presidents flying in to 'speachify' and raise funds.

With out their 'buddy' senator from some other state.

OR FUNDING not touched by their hand.

SO HOW CAN FORIEGNERS VOTE IN OUR ELECTIONS???????????

Ok,
If I was your President,

1. I would change the taxes to a flat rate of 10% reguardless of what you made, with no sneaky ways to make millions and pay nothing.
this would actually help the budget, taking from those who cann afford it not those who dont have it.

2.I would fund a healthcare system, so that everyone had the right to medical help. I would bring in a healthcare card, the same as in australia that makes your scripts almost free if you are on a low income.

3 I would look into why so many soldiers are over seas, and I know its important but not sure how much it helps or is appreciated, so cant really decide what I would do, but there is an awful lot of money that is put into fighting the wars so that would need to be looked at. One so i wouldnt endanger the country by stopping it, but because it is such a drain on the ecomomy that the american people are losing out because of it.

Well thats how i would start. but i am also concerned about the number of kids on the streets and what is done to help them to become better citizens. I would want some sort of place where the ones who wanted help could go and work and learn trades and things that could give them a different life, and a way out.

There are so many things I would want to do but dont have the knowledge to be able to so would have to work out the rest.

So now i need someone to vote me in..

I agree, thats why I think we should just ask ALL to sacrifice to eliminate the appearance of picking on any special interests,,,

the president has niether the power to cut or appropriate spending. so there.

only congress can levy tax laws. only congress can fund health care or anything else. some of you folks would do well to read the constitution. says what the president can and can't do.

the president does take a part in the budget proposal though,,,

"If I were president
I'd be elected on Friday
Assassinated on Saturday
Buried on Sunday..."

aww,, totage,, how awful


why would you think that?

It's a great song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pq_3OheqzU

To balance the federal budget requires both reducing spending and growing the economy. Taking out just fraud, waste and abuse would help a lot, but growing the economy would help even more. We need jobs that create more economic benefit than they are paid for their work. Jobs that substantially increase economic benefit are those that cost $1 can create $10 or more dollars in the market place. We refer to those as manufacturing jobs, but their are many other production jobs that have the same or better impact to the economy. Creating government jobs usually does not have a huge multiplier affect like jobs that convert a natural resource to a finished product, so therefore we need to stop the growth in government and help jobs grow in other areas.