States can take it into their own hands
The governor of New Jersey has taken a bold step to bring fiscal sensibility to his state. He is freezing new spending to stop deficit growth. We cannot depend on the federal government to be...
View ArticleGovernment spends too much
Syndicated columnist Ruth Marcus refers to a reality that Republicans (I think she means fiscal conservatives) need to accept that the government (you and me) needs more revenue (“We need to get...
View ArticleClosing deficit on backs of seniors
Senior citizens are not getting a cost of living raise again this year. Is this the way the government is going to take care of the deficit? I notice nothing has been said by this government who wants...
View ArticleSenators won’t stop with wasteful earmarks
I have just one thing to say to the senators adding $8 billion dollars in bloated, unnecessary earmarks to the omnibus bill: “Are you nuts?” Do you not know that we are trillions of dollars in debt and...
View ArticleWrong time for big federal spending cuts
The Republican plan for a 20 percent spending cut during this recession would only increase unemployment (“GOP targets agencies spending,” Feb. 4). Deep budget cuts by Roosevelt in 1937 and the British...
View ArticleBeyond the breaking point
It is predicted by Dick Armey [17 Mar 2011] that, by 2020, the U.S. national debt will have reached 90 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP)––the point at which many economists believe the...
View ArticleTea party true to founders
With purported “conservatives” like Kathleen Parker, who needs liberals? In her column “The tea party’s fragging politics” she excoriates the tea party players who are actually trying to fulfill their...
View ArticleA few more taxes
Why, me wonders, all the flapdoodle in Washington about a balanced budget amendment? Fact is, we’d all be better off if tax revenues were as large, each year, as federal spending. Getting these two...
View ArticleBudget solution is to cut outflow
I suppose by now most voters realize that the United States is beyond broke. Spending must be reduced immediately in order to prevent bankruptcy, or worse. If you had a job at the time you were broke...
View ArticleCut war spending
Rep. Eric Kantor says that we should not spend federal money on the emergency of Hurricane Edith unless we compensate for it by cuts in other federal spending. He is right: Let’s take it from the two...
View ArticleComparing trillions that we don’t have
Pardon my ignorance. I am a simple man; a retiree living on Social Security and a pension. Caroline Baum’s column “‘Supercommittee’ fails to identify even bogus cuts” (Nov. 23) reports, “Even under...
View ArticleDefending America shouldn’t be a partisan question
George Will overlooked a key issue in his column on defense budget politics (“GOP should tread lightly on defense” Feb. 9) – $500 billion in cuts set to take a 23 percent bite out of our military next...
View ArticleCountry needs balanced budget amendment
I’ve finally figured out why a Balanced Budget Amendment cannot gain traction with our elected officials. The Justice Department is now going to look into the details of how J.P. Morgan Chase lost $2...
View ArticleVoting against self-interest
The poorest states, based on per capita income, are, from first to last: Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, West Virginia, Louisiana, Montana, South Carolina, Kentucky, Alabama, and North Carolina....
View ArticleTea party opposition to tolls hypocritic
Regarding “Govs: Only tolls for Brent Spence” (Dec.13): It is refreshing to see bipartisanship working toward finding a solution to raising revenue for the $2.5 billion project. Top Democrats and...
View ArticleStop foreign aid and limit federal spending
Here’s my program for America: No millions, no billions, no trillions in foreign aid for people who danced in the streets when our towers fell. No federal spending for non-essential or private interest...
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