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Originally Posted by Minte
Ok Paul, I have about 15 minutes before a meeting so I will play.
However, BOOKMARK THIS POST SO, BECAUSE I WON't do it again.
The order of the list is not suggesting how I rate these cuts in importance.
#1 - Foreign aid - We give away far too much money to other countries. Why would that be our responsibility. If it's for places that have faced drought or natural disasters that should be a one time gift. Not an annual paycheck.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...gn_aid#Amounts $52.7 billion Some of this money goes to people working in the US. Even those working in offices. How much of it comes in US goods or goes back into US banks is to be guessed. How many jobs will be lost?
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#2 - Close most of the military bases around the world. We have planes and ships to move troops,weapons and supplies.
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And let China fill the gap.
How many jobs will be lost?
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#3 - Farm subsidies - I live in an agricultural area, and the farmers just laugh at the money they receive NOT to grow crops.
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Yes and do what with the money?
#4 - TSA - What a joke. Pay an army to stripseach 80 year old women who are flying from Iowa to Georgia to visit their grandchildren.
How am I doing so far?
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#5 - Food stamps - The lack of oversight in that welfare program is beyond ridiculous. The black market in foodstamps keeps a lot of drug users...drug users.
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So increase the over sight. Or would you let the needy starve?
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#6 - Government studies. - I really don't think we need to know 95% of the bullshit that the government gives grants to study.
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So if you don't understand what it's for, cut it. How many jobs will be lost?
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#7 - Government regulatory agencies. The list of agencies that watch business is totally out of control.
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Like those watching the banks and oil drilling. How many jobs will it cost? You have to be specific in cutting. How many jobs will be lost?
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#8 - US postal system. Close it down and let UPS and FEDEX take it over. They will do it,and make money doing it.
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Will it be more expensive and how many jobs are lost?
How many jobs will be lost?
What Minte has done is looked at the problem with a lot of bias and little thought. Cutting out expensive useless and wars that made the balance of power in the Middle East worse, would be a great idea. It would cost jobs in factories producing the arms though and Haliburton wouldn't like it.
And there's the truth. A lot of the money spent fighting Bush's illegal wars went to private enterprise. Minte owns a factory that gets some US Government contracts. What if the US Government decided to cut the spending or if the overseas aid helps a country to build a plant using his products?
Cutting farmers subsidies is good, especially if they're paid not to grow food. They should be paid to grow food that can be turned into fuel.
His attitude is clearer in the cut Food Stamps part.
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?Over 98 percent of those receiving SNAP benefits are eligible, and the FY 2010 payment accuracy rate was over 96 percent--a historic high,? the USDA official said. ?In fact, the payment error rate is less than half what it was 10 years ago, which has resulted in a reduction of $3.3 billion in improper payments in 2010.?
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So because 2% are defrauding the system. Let the 98% go hungry.
Still cuts have to be made, taxes have to be raised and the Governments have to invest in the future.