How, exactly, would the Republicans balance the budget?

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Watching some news shows and several are showing clips of Republican congressmen over the weekend on the Sunday morning shows being asked, exactly, which programs they would cut to balance the budget.

All they do is whine that the Dems' economic program is not working.

Ok, let's accept that premise. What programs would the Republicans actually cut, in what area, and by how much? I mean really do it -- not your fantasy of just cutting social services. Tell us which ones they'd have the nerve to cut and, again, by how much.

If they are going to run on the spending issue, then they need to say how they'd be different, not just ***** about the status quo.
 
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I would think not enacting the cap and trade bill and this financial reform bill would be a good start.

Also, I'm sure there's some way we can save money by discriminating against black people.
 
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Your post is at 7:46 pm
It is now 8:52 and you only have one reply.

Lets hope many on this board are catching on and just ignoring your foolishness.
 
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Did anyone catch the 2 hours of Antiques Roadshow tonight? Man that's some good entertainment.
 
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gasguy98 said:
Your post is at 7:46 pm
It is now 8:52 and you only have one reply.

Lets hope many on this board are catching on and just ignoring your foolishness.
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Your post was at 8:52.
It is now 9:59.

Obviously, many on this board have figured out that you aren't funny.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
Or maybe people are catching on to the fact that neither party is really serious about being fiscally responsible. :ermm:
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of course they are. Unfortunately, politicians value voters much more than they do the economic health of the country.
 
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kptvol said:
I would think not enacting the cap and trade bill and this financial reform bill would be a good start.

Also, I'm sure there's some way we can save money by discriminating against black people.
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What does that have to do with the current deficit?
 
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The Republicans had 8 years under George Bush jr to locate, groom, sharpen, brief, and deploy. At the end of those 8 years they uncover the entree dish and McClain comes walkin out. IMHO he isn't much of an upgrade to that cat that was Ross Perot's running mate James Stockdale, pretty close comparision actually...that's the best the Republicans could do with 8 years advance notice...geez. Anyhow thats my idea of how serious politicians on both sides are about getting this country back on track.
 
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dan4vols said:
The Republicans had 8 years under George Bush jr to locate, groom, sharpen, brief, and deploy. At the end of those 8 years they uncover the entree dish and McClain comes walkin out. IMHO he isn't much of an upgrade to that cat that was Ross Perot's running mate James Stockdale, pretty close comparision actually...that's the best the Republicans could do with 8 years advance notice...geez. Anyhow thats my idea of how serious politicians on both sides are about getting this country back on track.
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Huckabee, Romney, Guiliani and Thompson didn't exactly do it for me, either. Fact is that none of those guys would have done anything, either. It is amazing, but after the 1994 midterm elections, there was all of this chatter about how deep the Republican bench was with all of these new breed Reagan conservatives. Then we get GWB, Romney and McCain...
 
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republicans under bush parted from their fiscal conservatism. and i don't trust many of them to do anything if they retake control. we need to get a new batch in. (Wamp was one of them... sat on the appropriations committee and contributed to the out of control spending)
 
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lawgator1 said:
Watching some news shows and several are showing clips of Republican congressmen over the weekend on the Sunday morning shows being asked, exactly, which programs they would cut to balance the budget.

All they do is whine that the Dems' economic program is not working.

Ok, let's accept that premise. What programs would the Republicans actually cut, in what area, and by how much? I mean really do it -- not your fantasy of just cutting social services. Tell us which ones they'd have the nerve to cut and, again, by how much.

If they are going to run on the spending issue, then they need to say how they'd be different, not just ***** about the status quo.
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Here ya go - one way to approach it.

A Roadmap for America's Future | The Budget Committee Republicans
 
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merge medicare with medicaid and merge social security with welfare.

cut spending to acorn and every other psudo racist organization.

cut wages for all federal employees 10% across the board. raise the retirement age for federal employees.


you are welcome.
 
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droski said:
merge medicare with medicaid and merge social security with welfare.

cut spending to acorn and every other psudo racist organization.

cut wages for all federal employees 10% across the board. raise the retirement age for federal employees.


you are welcome.
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Not cool :p

But seriously, we could quit giving money to folks that DON'T deserve it. When I was a bank teller, I would cash Social Security checks every month for a group of Ukrainians whose sole member of their family that could speak english was the 13 year old granddaughter who would translate for them. They had just moved here only a couple months before EACH was receiving $750.00 a month in Social Security. There were 6 of them in this family receiving these every month. We could put a stop to things just like this and save oodles.
 
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droski said:
merge medicare with medicaid and merge social security with welfare.

cut spending to acorn and every other psudo racist organization.

cut wages for all federal employees 10% across the board. raise the retirement age for federal employees.


you are welcome.
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I don't necessarily agree with a flat cut for all employees. I think standards need to be higher, and promotions need to be merit-based (they are time-based now, so even now in a recession, emplyees at certain millestones get automatic pay raises). I'd guess that most agencies probably have at least 15% more employees than they need. They need to streamline by cutting the excess and becoming more efficient. Fewer but more efficient workers would be much more cost-effective and to attract competent workers, the pay scale needs to be competitive.
 
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droski said:
merge medicare with medicaid and merge social security with welfare.

cut spending to acorn and every other psudo racist organization.

cut wages for all federal employees 10% across the board. raise the retirement age for federal employees.


you are welcome.
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NPR would also be a welcome start. How about international aid? Pare down the 487 agencies that deal in National Defense and Intelligence gathering.

Start hammering all non-essential or constitutionally mandated agencies.

Fire Obama, then beg for the stimulus back.
 
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tums said:
Not cool :p

But seriously, we could quit giving money to folks that DON'T deserve it. When I was a bank teller, I would cash Social Security checks every month for a group of Ukrainians whose sole member of their family that could speak english was the 13 year old granddaughter who would translate for them. They had just moved here on a couple months before EACH was receiving $750.00 a month in Social Security. There were 6 of them in this family receiving these every month. We could put a stop to things just like this and save oodles.
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time to privatize
 
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BigPapaVol said:
NPR would also be a welcome start. How about international aid? Pare down the 487 agencies that deal in National Defense and Intelligence gathering.

Start hammering all non-essential or constitutionally mandated agencies.

Fire Obama, then beg for the stimulus back.
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And Congress
 
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there are so many agencies and dept that we have no idea what they do, we need to cut incrementally each year. I think we'll survive.
 
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golfballs03 said:
I don't necessarily agree with a flat cut for all employees. I think standards need to be higher, and promotions need to be merit-based (they are time-based now, so even now in a recession, emplyees at certain millestones get automatic pay raises). I'd guess that most agencies probably have at least 15% more employees than they need. They need to streamline by cutting the excess and becoming more efficient. Fewer but more efficient workers would be much more cost-effective and to attract competent workers, the pay scale needs to be competitive.
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firing employees also works, but the fact is that the federal pay scale not only is competitive, but far more than the private sector. as you point out they've been getting raises while the private sector wages have been flat at best. i'm just trying to level the playing field. it's not as though these peopel will quit.
 
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