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Moonbat Exterminator Wrote: Jan 30, 2013 1:05 PM

The first step on the path to sanity is to scrap the utterly deceitful accounting system used by the gubmint. Only in the bizzaro world governed by gubmint accounting proceedurs can holding tax rates stable instead of increasing or shrinking the size of a spending increase be called a "cut". Then we need to replace the baseline budget with a zero based budget and limit the lifespan of all gubmint programs.

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traitorbill Wrote: Jan 30, 2013 6:00 PM

Zero based budgeting is a scam, and any politician who uses it is a fraud.

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Let's expose presidential prevarication. Earlier this year, President Barack Obama warned that Social Security checks will be delayed if Congress fails to increase the government's borrowing authority by raising the debt ceiling. However, there's an issue with this warning. According to the 2012 Social Security trustees report, assets in Social Security's trust funds totaled $2.7 trillion, and Social Security expenditures totaled $773 billion. Therefore, regardless of what Congress does about the debt limit, Social Security recipients are guaranteed their checks. Just take the money from the $2.7 trillion assets held in trust.

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