A COMMON SENSE BUDGET

There are many things threatening the stability of our great country right now. Politicians and pundits all have voiced their opinions on many of these problems. What are the problems? I think the problems vary depending on if you are liberal or conservative, though we can agree on most. What we can't agree on is the solutions. The problems; Deficit, Unemployment, Border security, Growing Government take over, Failing Education system, No current Budget in place as of the last 2 years, Now involved in 3 military actions...... The list goes on and on, I think it boils down to Spending and Security. What do we do? It really is simple. The problem is that no one, republican or democrat, wants to make the tough decisions or the big cuts to our HUGE Government. Here is what I recommend. I think even my conservative friends will resist some of this. All I ask is keep an open mind a when in doubt read the Constitution!


Of course cutting spending is always a fearful task for a politician, they all have their pet projects. Well I'm not a politician, I am a concerned American. So let's cut the obvious. Now I won't explain these first cuts because in my opinion they need no explanation. If you think they do you're an idiot! Eliminate funding for; Planned Parenthood ($350 million per year), National Endowment of the Arts ($160 million), Corporation for Public Broadcasting ($430 million), NASCAR ($32 million). No farm subsidies, no funding for sports arenas, urban gardens, youth programs, homeless shelters, overseas abortions, Amtrak, Postal Service....No foreign aid, which totals over $8 billion a year. No financial support to any Universities, education is not a right. So no tuition funding of any kind from the Government. If you get a loan for college then you pay it back with interest. Just like any other loan. I would also cut the pay of ALL Government employees, to include elected officials except the President, to $150,000. No one being paid by taxes payers should make more than that. If you want to make more than that go to the private sector. I am all about Capitalism!! I don't care if a private company pays it's CEO One Trillion dollars, if they make it they can spend it how they see fit. The Government doesn't "make" any profit. Everything that the Government does is paid for by the American tax payer.

The Department of Education, here I would do as I stated above. Cut the pay of the Administrators to $100,000. Then I would incorporate merit pay for teachers giving them a chance at the big pay up to $100,000. Teachers would be paid and rehired based on performance, not tenure. Performance? Welcome to the real world!

Department of Defense, same as above. I would pull out all military in other countries. If we are there as a security force then that country better be paying our expenses. No profit just expenses. I know my fellow military people are freaking out!! Relax and let me explain, some of you still won't be happy. The militaries job is to defend the U.S.A., that's it. They are not meals on wheels or any other humanitarian cause. There job is to kill the enemy with extreme prejudice!! That is exactly what I would have them do, kill the enemy. If there is a threat to our country by terrorist, dictator... I would run covert ops and assassinate the leaders involved. No I wouldn't cut troops because you never know when the next major war is going to happen. I would make efficiency cuts though. If you have been in the military you know that the Government pays outrageous prices for equipment. I would put a stop to that. The military would be covered medically for the rest of their life IF they served in combat. People like me who didn't see combat doesn't need or deserve this benifit. Unless they are disabled in the line of duty.

Welfare and Medicaid will total, with the new Obama proposals, over $10 trillion the next 10 years. I'm very sorry, I really am, but these are not rights contrary to what the libs tell you. These types of things should and would be covered by churches and other charities. Over $20 billion a year is spent on illegal immigrants, that would be cut out. I'm so mean! Unemployment would be for 6 months, no exceptions! It is not the Governments job to pay you a salary!

I would abolish the IRS!! That would save billions!! Why would I do that? I don't believe the Government has a right to tax our base income. I'm ok with taxing goods and services, sort of:) The Government has no right to know how much money anyone makes. The tax code should be easy enough so a high school graduate could do it. GOD only wants 10% but the Government wants up to 60%. Doesn't that worry anyone else? All Government services, with my cuts :), could be paid for through sales tax. No property tax every year, you pay for it once it is taxed once. I know that is a strange concept. I could go on and on about taxes but that is the short form:)

As Americans we are supposed to be self reliant, not dependant on the Government. Non of the above, according to the Constitution, are rights. You are guaranteed the right to Life, Liberty and the PURSUIT of Happiness. It is up to us to make a life, good or bad, not the Governments job. I'm sure there are more things I could cut. Unfortunately no one has the courage to make half of these. This is a dream list. Like the list you make if you were to win the lottery. You know we all do it. List everything we would do if we won the Lotto. I do it too, the problem is I don't every play the Lotto:) I will see the Jackpot on a billboard and then daydream about what I would do. I guess I should by a Lotto ticket, I have a better chance of winning the Lotto than our Government being run the way the Constitution intended.

I didn't even curse today, what a good boy am I:)

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Koach Karl

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