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Interesting exercise in the NYT...you balance the budget!

post #1 of 3
11/14/10 at 12:14pm
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If you carefully consider these, and actually read what the descriptive paragraphs below each line item, it's really interesting.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...s-graphic.html

Then again, you can just not really maturely think about it, and completely cut out items you think your least favorite politician (from either party) is responsible for...that's another way to go.

I just thought it was interesting, and thought provoking.
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post #2 of 3
11/14/10 at 12:30pm
I saved the nation about $195 billion for 2015 through 3 things. Bank tax, reduce foreign aid and reduce the number of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan to 30,000 by 2013

Very interesting link

Can't wait to forward this to my friend in Arizona - He's very political
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post #3 of 3
11/28/10 at 11:57pm
I made enough cuts and tax increases to balance the budget. I checked probably 85% to 90% of the cuts and tax increases. Unfortunately that is the only way to get the government back on a sound fiscal bases. Of course people generally are all for the cuts that don't benefit them and against the ones to programs they benefit from. Of course no one wants to pay more taxes and I checked off on letting all the Bush tax cuts expire. I know people are hurting and if the government wasn't in such dire straits financially I wouldn't want any of them to expire. Along with the tax increases the spending has to be seriously cut otherwise we would just be sending more money to Washington to be wasted. Unfortunately things have reached a point where everyone, except those who truly are unable to take care of themselves, are going to have to sacrifice.
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