Quote Originally Posted by Devils Horse View Post
Neither party has tried for the cuts that are needed, but the GOP is the lesser of the evils by far. The Dems will go 10 billion less than current spending levels, the GOP wants 61 billion. Neither is nearly enough.

Here's a couple of links backing up what I say, one from the left and one from the right.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_831937.html

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...480567882.html

Tax increases on anyone be they rich or poor is not necessary. The federal government already collects taxes on almost everything, especially income, and they have no business collecting more. America is T axed E nough A lready.

The federal government needs to start eliminating entire departments. Every silly axed czar of anything and their staffs need to be gone. Homeland Security...gone. Dept of Education...gone. Some other major agencies and hundreds of smaller duplicitous agencies...gone. Foreign aid handouts...gone. Obamacare...gone. Lobbyists, be they right, left, or in the middle...gone. Cut the pay of federal government employees (averaging over 100k a year right now) by 20%, and have them pay for benefits like the rest if us do.

Maybe I sound like some kind of a wingnut, but if an average citizen handled money like OUR government, they'd be bankrupt in 3 months.
I'll start with taxes and like Road Toad has pointed out the Grover Norquist's tax pledge is beyond Ridiculous because when you rule out a viable option from the get go no matter the situation then your not looking out for the best intrest of the country. TAX RATES IN THIS COUNTRY ARE AT THERE LOWEST IN ALMOST 60 YEARS.

Now to your cuts, how many people did you just send to the unemploymeny line at a time when good jobs are few and far in between and the economy still stalled?

And you want to cut the pay of federal government employees (averaging over 100k a year right now) by 20% because they have a cushy goverment job and you don't approve of what they are paid but talk of raising taxes slightly on millionares and such is a no no? I thought you guys on the right was against taking money out of anyones pocket but I guess if it's an evil goverment employe or union worker then it's okay.