catfish1957...
Bottom line is we are $36T in debt. This is akin to dealing with a company in bankruptcy. Bad results dictate highly drastic measures.
If Trump were a conservative with the mindset of attempting to solve the above issue, that would be one thing. His attack on federal employees has nothing to do with solving the above, and it is a relative pinprick compared to real steps that need to be taken to reverse the above.
And Trump's 1st term is all the proof I need that he is NOT about remedying the financial situation of this nation. Far from it.
Trump will use this approach to screen his true intent, which is vengeance upon the federal government for how he has been treated. If he were smart about this, he would withdraw the US military from 50% of the countries we have men stationed, that is roughly 140 countries. He would take the 450 agencies and bureaus and consolidate them into 200. Each having their own pyramid of six figure pukes making six figure incomes contemplating how to spend tax payer money.
He would sell half the land controlled/owned by the federal government and use that money to pay down national debt exclusively versus spending it. He would end the idiocy surrounding climate change, the Green New Scam, he would raise the Social Security Full Retirement Age to 70, and end the ability to collect at age 62 and move that to 67.
He would end anyone coming to the USA on a refugee status. Shut down all Immigration courts, for they would no longer be needed. He would cut the DOJ down by 70%, because stinking lawyers in our government bring too many frivolous lawsuits that never go anywhere as it is, ruining peoples' lives with their stink.
He would end the 20 years of service for all federal government workers to collect a pension and make it 30 years.
He would implement a consumer tax, that focused on collecting taxes from the consumer, and not income taxes from the person that works for a living. How many people do you know that pay nothing in taxes, yet live a very high life? I know too many.
Trump should end subsidizing anything for the next four years, no subsidies for EVs, solar, or anything else.
And the time has come to impose like tariffs on every nation that imposes tariffs on US goods. This has gone on in Europe, China, Japan, etc, and we sit back talking about a free trade market while we pay through the nose. Idiots!!!!!!
End counting illegal invading aliens in the census, which pumps up Democommie numbers by a huge number.
The time has come to begin a process to transition away from Social Security. Begin a new program called the Personal Retirement Account, starting with 1% per year being placed in an untouchable account, where one can place the funds in mutual funds. Increase the percentage by 1% every other year until it is at 10%, which will take 20 years, and then begin to reduce the taxes for Social Security when the number collecting Social Security begins to decline. In the long term, Social Security could be phased out and folks have just the Personal Retirement Account. The monies will not be permitted to be touched until one retires. But it would end this nonsense of politicians stealing the money in Social Security to spend as they wish and leave you with I. O. U.s. I say f*** the politicians.
End all golden parachutes for politicians. They get 401k programs, $1 for $1 match up to 5%, etc. And no more pensions for life with all the increases after serving just five years. Let them have to serve 20 years to be eligible for any pension, and if they have less, they have to wait until they are 65 like everyone else. Do that executive order!
Cut all intelligence organizations by 60%, save a sh*t ton of money and probably get better intelligence than the crap they produce presently.
Trump should demand a mandatory balanced budget annually with no exception other than a declared war by Congress. Last one of those was 1941. How many wars have we fought since, and how many trillions of dollars squandered on said subsequent wars? Many trillions.
And pump up the criminal code. Anyone stealing someone's house upon being convicted is immediately taken out and publicly shot. This crime irks the hell out of me, and every time I see a Home Title Lock commercial, I get incensed. Another fine example of what the stinking FBI is NOT doing!
Anyone caught with fentanyl in their possession beyond a certain amount faces the death penalty, and public dispatch.
And I say we end trade with China and Mexico until they end the fentanyl being pushed into the USA. I have no love for either country.
If the elected pukes in Washington did their job, it would be easy to balance the budget. Why is the USA spending hundreds of millions for condoms for the world, recently $55 million if memory serves just for Gaza alone. Total insanity.
Back to your comment about drastic measures, what Trump is doing is NOT drastic measures. What he is doing will have little impact on reducing spending, particularly when you account for the things he intends to increase spending on.
When the USA spends more on defense than the next 20 countries combined, it is safe to say we are spending money foolishly on defense. PERIOD! PERIOD!! PERIOD!!!!
