Yes.
Its a terribly messed up situation. I know plenty will lose thier jobs, but it is the lesser of two evils.
I do support helping the poor have more opportunity to work thier way out of being poor. Basic assistance is often times necessary to make this a reality.
No I think I get it quite well. The main difference is that Obama brings a plan to at least pay a small portion of this expenditures through an increase in taxes which is the only way to minimize the impact of the debt.
I know its not being paid for. That has been a major failure of the GOP from 2000-2006 where they had the majority in Congress and ownership of the WH.
They didnt do squat to adress the long term fiscal viability, instead they drove it into the ground.
Tommy Jeff makes an interesting point here, imagine the ability to choose what our tax dollars go for, but there is a problem in the fact that we are spending far more than what we are getting in revenue.
But in that case, I should be able to reject my tax dollars going to things I dont want them directed towards. Some might want to not have thier dollars spent in welfare for other Americans. Whereas I would rather my tax dollar be maximized here at home.
Id like to see some actual evidence that revenue did not decrease.
I would agree with the second sentence for sure. The problem is that the current President does not seem to understand that.
Again, Id like to see how the tax cut has increased revenue into the trillions.
Please provide some evidence of this.
The fact of the matter is that we cannot continue spending in this manner when our revenues dont match. It doesnt work for my checkbook, nor yours, nor the Feds. So we need to do one of two things. Either increase revenues to cover the expenditures, or cut expenditures to meet revenue.
