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Politics : Piffer Thread on Political Rantings and Ravings -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (12131)	1/14/2004 12:00:51 PM
From: redfish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14610

I am in complete agreement about cutting spending. Imo, most of our federal taxes are wasted (I worked for Club Fed in two different agencies for 6 years, so have first hand knowledge of this). Very little value received by the taxpayer. Entire agencies need to be eliminated or cut by 70%. But that being said, can you name some Presidents (republican or democrat) that have passed through substantial spending cuts? I can't think of one that has really taken the axe to the federal government. Even if he tried, it wouldn't get through Congress. As a practical matter, it is very unlikely that we will see significant spending cuts. Therefore, the only way to deal with the growing deficit is to increase taxes.