This is a very small start and but it's too late to save California if everything they were implemented and worked 100%.
California lost businesses and citizens to Texas because California has had A Governor who is a Liberal and the worst one in history is coming up.
If "Obama I don't Care Kill Granny plan" is not stopped nothing is going to stopped Obama from getting his way and the economy will tank and we are going to have the worst most devastating depression in history and it will be 100% Obama's fault.
This is a very small start and but it's too late to save California if everything they were implemented and worked 100%.
California lost businesses and citizens to Texas because California has had A Governor who is a Liberal and the worst one in history is coming up.
If "Obama I don't Care Kill Granny plan" is not stopped nothing is going to stopped Obama from getting his way and the economy will tank and we are going to have the worst most devastating depression in history and it will be 100% Obama's fault.
Why don't you all just cut defence spending by about $600 billion? That'd do it. God knows that extra several-hundred-billion-dollars isn't making your troops unkillable in Iraq or Afghanistan. :/ Wasted money, methinks.
I think the waters surrounding the Horn of Africa offer a cautionary note to the wisdom of defanging the United States.
I'm not saying de-fang the US -- just cut the spending. Britain and France are two of the five most powerful nations on Earth -- they can both enforce their military will across the globe, just as the US can, but they've both been able to keep spending at reasonable levels. The US can still have a military presence on the world stage -- they just need to spend smarter.
The Brits and the French are certainly capable of exerting military force but their strategic political will is wholly dependent on the United States military aparatus and as far as the rest of the world, little trade occurs without the express written consent of the United States Navy.
We spend smart. And listening to those who piss and moan about our maintenance of the Western way of life reminds me of the Kipling poem The White Man's Burden (ironically, a call from a Brit for America to get in the game):
...
Take up the White Man's burden--
And reap his old reward:
The blame of those ye better,
The hate of those ye guard--
...
The Pentagon would also be subject to a freeze for non-combat staff and a reduction in procurement spending of 15 percent, saving 20 billion dollars.
The chairs would have the Department of Defense cancel projects to build the V-22 Osprey aircraft, the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle and substitute F-16 and F/A-18Es "for half of the Air Force and Navy's planned buys of F-35 fighter aircraft."
I get worried when the government starts suggesting that they should modify business tax credits and deductions. Sounds like an ass-****ing headed our way.
So, you are not for simplifying the tax code? I thought that's what most conservative wanted. This plan also comes with lower tax rates overall.
Obama panel urges deep US spending cuts, tax reform - Yahoo! News
Some rather interesting cuts in military spending is being proposed as well. The V-22 has been an expensive program that most DOD have done their best to protect, the replacement of half the appro 2100 of the F35 with F16 and F18 is about the most suprising one
Reduce facility maintanance.
Reduce base support.
Freeze soldier salaries for three years.
Just my two cents. I watched Fox News and MSNBC last night. Both seemed to be b**chin about this proposal. The left and the right both don't like it. That must mean it's a good proposal. :mrgreen:
Lower rates, in exchange for fewer deductions and credits. Sorry, if I'm not excited about that idea.
Not excited or completely against? I don't think there are many people excited about this but something needs to be done and I doubt there will be anyone who is not affected negatively in some way.
Everyone should be aware that this is NOT the final report. Also be aware that there is a very good chance that there will be no final report which garners the mandatory 14 votes to make it go before Congress for action. This chairmans release is DOA.
Yeah, and what needs to be done, is to stop spending hundreds of billions of dollars on stupid ****, like Cash for Clunkers.
What really needs to happen, is Obama needs to figure out that the government can't fix the economy and get out of the private sector's way.
You can do what you want with the tax code, but if no one is working, it don't mean ****.
You have no idea what you're talking about. That's the entire budget for the Department of Defense.Why don't you all just cut defence spending by about $600 billion? That'd do it. God knows that extra several-hundred-billion-dollars isn't making your troops unkillable in Iraq or Afghanistan. :/ Wasted money, methinks.
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