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Budget deficit smashes $1 trillion mark, the highest in seven years

Conservative said:
So since you are so concerned now about the deficit, what are your thoughts on the Trump 2021 Proposed budget??

Trump To Propose Slashing Foreign Aid In 2021 Budget : NPR

Donald Trump Proposes Steep Cuts to Domestic Programs, Foreign Aid in 2021 Budget | National Review

Trump to Propose $4.8 Trillion Budget With Big Safety-Net Cuts - WSJ
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I'll be impressed if he actually gets those cuts through Congress.

The cuts should have been made before the tax cuts.
 
Dittohead not! said:
I'll be impressed if he actually gets those cuts through Congress.

The cuts should have been made before the tax cuts.
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Wrong, tax cuts provide the ability for states to pick up the slack and allow the federal gov't to cut expenses. All Social expenses and healthcare excluding Medicare and SS should be state responsibility. You really have no understanding of state and local responsibilities
 
Conservative said:
Wrong, tax cuts provide the ability for states to pick up the slack and allow the federal gov't to cut expenses. All Social expenses and healthcare excluding Medicare and SS should be state responsibility. You really have no understanding of state and local responsibilities
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Tax cuts without spending cuts are a way of pretending to be conservative. Let's see if he can get his spending cuts through Congress. If so, then he will have been successful in the goal of reducing the size of the federal government. If not, then he's merely succeeded in increasing the national deficit.
 
Dittohead not! said:
Tax cuts without spending cuts are a way of pretending to be conservative. Let's see if he can get his spending cuts through Congress. If so, then he will have been successful in the goal of reducing the size of the federal government. If not, then he's merely succeeded in increasing the national deficit.
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Allowing people to keep more of what they earn is definitely conservative, You live in California and don't have a clue what it means to be a conservative. Federal tax cuts give your state the ability to raise their taxes to fund social programs in your state. You have been indoctrinated into believing that is federal responsibility, it isn't!!
 
Conservative said:
Allowing people to keep more of what they earn is definitely conservative, You live in California and don't have a clue what it means to be a conservative. Federal tax cuts give your state the ability to raise their taxes to fund social programs in your state. You have been indoctrinated into believing that is federal responsibility, it isn't!!
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Is balancing the federal budget a federal responsibility?
 
Dittohead not! said:
Is balancing the federal budget a federal responsibility?
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That is what lip service says, but there is no interest in bureaucrats to do that. Your statement however has nothing to do with the balanced budget but everything to do priorities of you and the left. The focus is always on the President and not Congress showing how little the left knows about the line items in the budget and the difference between mandatory and discretionary budget items. Maybe this will help you better understand

US Federal Budget Breakdown
 
Conservative said:
That is what lip service says, but there is no interest in bureaucrats to do that. Your statement however has nothing to do with the balanced budget but everything to do priorities of you and the left. The focus is always on the President and not Congress showing how little the left knows about the line items in the budget and the difference between mandatory and discretionary budget items. Maybe this will help you better understand

US Federal Budget Breakdown
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True, it was Congress that passed tax cuts without spending cuts, and Congress that is being asked now to pass spending cuts. Such cuts are unlikely in the extreme, as spending cuts aren't nearly as popular as tax cuts.

Don't you agree that spending cuts should come before tax cuts, or are you in favor of continued deficit spending?
 
Dittohead not! said:
True, it was Congress that passed tax cuts without spending cuts, and Congress that is being asked now to pass spending cuts. Such cuts are unlikely in the extreme, as spending cuts aren't nearly as popular as tax cuts.

Don't you agree that spending cuts should come before tax cuts, or are you in favor of continued deficit spending?
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I think the line items in the budget need to be addressed and in particular the entitlement category. FIT was cut and FIT doesn't fund the items causing most of the deficit and in fact FIT revenue has generated more than enough to pay for the items FIT was created to fund

You prove the real problem, the unified budget and failure to understand the taxes you pay or their purpose. You and others also ignore where state and local governments get their money and how federal taxes impact the revenue. It is time for the federal bureaucrats to return ALL Social programs to the states, EXCLUDING SS and Medicare which are funded by payroll taxes
 
Conservative said:
I think the line items in the budget need to be addressed and in particular the entitlement category. FIT was cut and FIT doesn't fund the items causing most of the deficit and in fact FIT revenue has generated more than enough to pay for the items FIT was created to fund

You prove the real problem, the unified budget and failure to understand the taxes you pay or their purpose. You and others also ignore where state and local governments get their money and how federal taxes impact the revenue. It is time for the federal bureaucrats to return ALL Social programs to the states, EXCLUDING SS and Medicare which are funded by payroll taxes
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I see. So, when you move from one state to another, would your Medicare and SS benefits go with you?
And if so, would people move to states with higher SS benefits when they retire?
 
Dittohead not! said:
I see. So, when you move from one state to another, would your Medicare and SS benefits go with you?
And if so, would people move to states with higher SS benefits when they retire?
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What part of EXCLUDING don't you understand

It is time for the federal bureaucrats to return ALL Social programs to the states, EXCLUDING SS and Medicare which are funded by payroll taxes

And oh by the way people ARE MOVING to lower cost of living states when they retire!!
 
Conservative said:
What part of EXCLUDING don't you understand

It is time for the federal bureaucrats to return ALL Social programs to the states, EXCLUDING SS and Medicare which are funded by payroll taxes

And oh by the way people ARE MOVING to lower cost of living states when they retire!!
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Oh I misread your post.

Examples of social programs that should be moved to the states include, what?
And, should the tax cuts come before or after those programs are moved to the states?
 
Dittohead not! said:
Oh I misread your post.

Examples of social programs that should be moved to the states include, what?
And, should the tax cuts come before or after those programs are moved to the states?
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There are six major U.S. welfare programs. They are the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs (SNAP or "food stamps"), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), and housing assistance.

Healthcare for another including Medicaid
 
Conservative said:
There are six major U.S. welfare programs. They are the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs (SNAP or "food stamps"), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), and housing assistance.

Healthcare for another including Medicaid
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The Earned Income Tax Credit is actually useful. My sister was in the lower tax bracket at one time and her family spend the money they got back from that into the economy which benefits everyone.
 
bradt99 said:
The Earned Income Tax Credit is actually useful. My sister was in the lower tax bracket at one time and her family spend the money they got back from that into the economy which benefits everyone.
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I believe you are going to find that all those expenses are useful to someone but the reality is cost of living is state and local not a federal issue. Let the states handle these kind of issues and stop sending money to bureaucrats in D.C. to spend. D.C. bureaucrats don't have term limits, state and local officials do
 
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