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There is no shortage of people who think the deficit should be reduced. But you can count on no fingers the number of people who are willing to see anything cut that could ever impact them - not social security, not medicare, not medicaid, not home mortgage deductions, not unemployment, not food stamps. Only cut something that impacts someone else.
Until voters are willing to see their own benefits cut for the good of the nation, there is no way Republicans can get political support for deficit reduction.
Okay, it’s official. According to the Treasury Department, the U.S. debt jumped to $16.1 trillion in 2012 from $14.8 trillion in 2011. That’s a $1.3 trillion deficit for the last year. Remarkable. During President Obama’s first term, the federal debt rose by roughly $6 trillion.
Now, if they are bold, House Republicans will take advantage of these dismal numbers. Bold means bold spending cuts, as in cut spending like there’s no tomorrow. Bold means implementing the $1.2 trillion spending sequester. Bold means an absolute rock-solid commitment to spending cuts. A new Rasmussen survey shows that 62 percent of Americans favor across-the-board...
Now, if they are bold, House Republicans will take advantage of these dismal numbers. Bold means bold spending cuts, as in cut spending like there’s no tomorrow. Bold means implementing the $1.2 trillion spending sequester. Bold means an absolute rock-solid commitment to spending cuts. A new Rasmussen survey shows that 62 percent of Americans favor across-the-board...
And they called him crazy... Cray Uncle Ron...