but the way the teaheads where I work are framing this is that the continuing resolutions of the 2009 budget are unsustainable. They claim that the extraordinary spending levels put in the 2009 budget were only meant for that year to combat the recession and should have been rebalanced after 2009 but that the Sentate has not taken up a real budget since 2009.
I wonder where the truth really is on this because it does seem that popular opinion is of the position that there is a serious deficit and debt problem in the country and something must be done.
Don't people on our side think that this is really an opportunity to discuss real reforms that would bring in the revenue needed to combat the debt, in other words take the options of cutting federal programs directly off the table by fixing any real or perceived issues with the sustainability of spending levels and the sustainability of programs like S.S. by offerring real solutions like these:
VAT (could be as low as 3 percent, value added tax on everything except food)
Wealth Luxury tax with a 25 percent surcharge on top of VAT for all single item purchases over 50K property exemption to 250K.
Banking Transaction tax. (could be less than a penny per)
Wall Street trading transaction tax. (cold be less than a penny per)
Firearms ownership annual tax (doesn't need to be severe but needed to establish revenue for safeguards on schools)
Ammunition (surcharge tax on materials or ammo)
These options will eliminate the deficit immediatley on implementation and cause a massive surplus that will bring the national debt down massively over a very short period of time.
These options could be tried on a temporary basis with the President out front leading the charge with a JFK like call for ...."asking what we can do for our country.... "
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