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To: Scumbria who wrote (131600)	2/5/2001 7:14:13 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570369

Scumbria, <It is time for them to put up or shut up about their unnamed budget cuts they have been whining about most of my life.> I agree. Otherwise, we'll end up with Hillary in the White House, and you know what will happen to the Federal budget under her power. Tenchusatsu

To: Scumbria who wrote (131600)	2/5/2001 7:54:21 PM
From: hmaly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570369

Scumdria Re..It is time for them to put up or shut up about their unnamed budget cuts they have been whining about most of my life.< They have already cut out a considerable chunk of waste by forcing Bill to pay for half of his Taj Mahal apartment, and give back a lot of the items he fingered from the White House. Now if they could only force him to give back the money he made by renting out gov. property, the deficit could be whipped.

To: Scumbria who wrote (131600)	2/5/2001 10:44:05 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570369

Scumbria, Should we eliminate the military and Social Security (which make up more than 50% of the budget?) We went through approximately 50% cut in military, in real dollars. If the outstanding debt is of such high concern to you, we should surely have cuts of the same magnitude in other programs. In a typical Democrat fashion, you look at the solution only on one side of the equation - tax hikes. There has never been a problem out there that couldn't be solved by a tax hike and spending increase. I think Bush will have a balanced approach of keeping the growth of spending down hopefully to the level of inflation, and with a cut in taxes. Joe

To: Scumbria who wrote (131600)	2/6/2001 2:05:14 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570369

Do you really believe that the US Government could function at 50% of it's current spending levels? Scumbria Is there any doubt that it could function?? Sure it would have to do a lot less then it does now, but you were questioning if it even could function, not if it could provide all the programs it does now. Maybe I'm a softee compared to Joe I'll settle for a 25% cut. How about even a freeze at the current level (even in inflation adjusted dollars). That would make it easy to pay back a lot of debt with or without a tax cut. Should we eliminate the military and Social Security (which make up more than 50% of the budget?) The military has all ready gone through massive cuts. Social security probably should not have been started, it is in effect a pyramid scheme (but it works a bit better because it can force new people in to it), but now people have lived there lives paying in to it and assuming it would be there for them. I don't think it should just be yanked out from underneath them. Republicans control the White House, the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the Supreme Court. It is time for them to put up or shut up about their unnamed budget cuts they have been whining about most of my life. Only a fraction of the Republican party's politicians care much for big budget cuts. The control of the House is close, and the Senate is 50/50, yes the tie breaking vote is cast by Cheney but if one Republican goes against the plan then the Republicans have no control. Do you actually think that Republicans are that monolithic? The committees in the Senate are also evenly split and the Democrats can filibuster. The Republicans do not have any solid control. That having been said I am disappointed in their lack of spending cuts. They should be able to get something instead they spend more. Perhaps less then the Democrats would but no one is cutting anything. However Joe was arguing for spending cuts not the sterling quality of Republican congressmen. Tim