This happens every year, two parties disagree were there needs to be budget cuts, but unlike in years tey were never dealing with the tide wave of debt that these officials face. The House Republicans are suggesting 70 proposed cut worth $74 miliion which include EPA, Community Health Centers and high speed rail systems.
It is not a job I would want to be in. Just think these are tough decisions to be made and any decisions made are going to have dire consequents. Sure we can blame our elected officials for making cuts in area which may deem important later on, but we need to be reminded of the $14 trillion deficit we are facing. If we don't start cuttig our debt we could very easily trade with other countries. Becoming a even bigger problem then we face. Many would argue that we should cut from defense, but at a times like this where the world is hostile and palce like China are up and coming super powers. Do you think China is cuting back on there defense?
Yes we need to address the deficit! Cuts are going to be necessary but the defense budget is $700 billion alone and could easily be trimmed by 10%. If we really addressed government waste, we could save much more.
ReplyDeleteWe also need to look at reallocating funds. Money taken from defense would create more benefits if used for humanitarian aid. Humanitarian aid goes further to defusing crisis situations that any military action could.
Our whole military regime has been and still is based on the evil empire concept. Much of this has been fueled by military leaders to keep the money flowing. It is mostly hype; just like the weapons of mass destruction that never existed in Iraq. So let's not worry about China, they are building their country from within and keeping a good perspective on their military. That is what we need to do. Make sure our country infrastructure is strong and we can't do that when we spend so much of our money on war.
Here is an excellent website for the layout of next year budget layout. It really makes one change their mind about on how we could cut in to different programs. You can see where there where cut in different programs and what continued in others. Please take a look and get a better visual idea.
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I agree, Nick. We need to be less concerned about critiquing/bashing our officials' decisions and more concerned/aware on how we react to the cuts made. The citizens have the power to make this country strong and the first step to doing that is is supporting each other.
ReplyDeleteLexie I can agree with you. It is a way that I didn't think about. I have a hard time with politics because there are so many different ways to look at things and everyone has a different idea even if they seem similar.
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