Budget Deficit, Freeze?

Here we go again, magic numbers, borrow your way out of debt and put forward as many of your ideological programs as you think you can sneak through. I would think every American in this country is cutting spending, reducing borrowing and trying to reduce their debt. They realize that they can no longer deficit spend or pay debt with more debt, not our government though. I don’t care if you are Republican or Democrat, I don’t care if the Bush administration had a trillion dollar deficit you inherited, I don’t care that the country is in a depression, you cannot borrow your way out of debt.
Has anything changed in the past year to change the practices of the our banking institutions and how they do business? Has Congress accomplished anything that will benefit and protect the American people?
The Congress focused on health care and cap and trade for a year and voters sent them a message. There are various in opinions of what that message was but the politicians have decided it is JOBS. I think there was a little more to the message than jobs. I think there is a real concern for our debt as a nation, I believe the people have a strong belief that our politicians are not listening to them or addressing their needs, I believe the American people are tired of the extreme separation between the political parties and the simple fact they cannot agree on anything or get anything done that benefits the American people.
Why is a high speed rail system being funded in Florida? 8 billion dollars will not get a mile of track laid when you consider all the money required for the various environmental studies, right of way acquisitions and on and on. They want a new jobs stimulus bill when the last one is not working or fully implemented. The President said almost two million jobs have been saved or created yet the recovery.gov report says only around 600k jobs have been created as a result of the stimulus and only about $54 billion has been spent of the total allocated.
I think they actually believe were are stupid, they have shifted focus and are embarking on a new campaign trail with a new sales pitch to convince us they are actually listening to us and are going to produce what we want. But what has changed? The Obama administration wasn’t going to do no-bid contracts and yet they gave one to a large campaign contributor until Fox News reported it and then they tabled the contract. What’s up with that?
I watched the President meet with the Republicans, the exchange was less than inspiring. The President told them to bring him ideas and plans and he would consider them. I guess he will but I believe he will never embrace any of them because, contrary to his statement, he is an ideologue. When you need an excuse any excuse will do.
We have the 2011 budget proposal moving towards congress and the net results are the largest deficit in the history of this country, where will we get the money? I predict all of our taxes will rise and we still will have to borrow the majority of the money if we can find lenders. There are tensions between China and the United States over Taiwan and other issues not to mention we already owe them close to a trillion dollars. I don’t see how we can fund this budget without substantial cuts to almost everything. What about the $500 billion in Medicare savings they claimed they could get during the health care debates? Is it no longer possible to achieve those savings? Oh I get it, it is a political issue, you cannot cut Medicare. What about all that waste, fraud and abuse.
We need to reduce all phases of the government budget and not implement new spending programs. Yes, I know this is a simplistic view but it is the way most people approach their own budget, cut what you can, pay what you need to live and do without.

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