Balanced Budget – Part One
The national debt, deficit spending, foreign aid, out of control government spending on “pork”, unemployment, income tax, social security and Medicare… all these together sound complicated and scary. How can one possibly talk about a balanced budget in this day and age?
Same as the age old joke. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
I have a suggestion for a few bites on heading towards a balanced budget – something that would be a main pillar of my Presidency. You and I have to balance our checkbooks every month. Why shouldn’t the government that represents us be held to the same standard?
Let’s start with foreign aid. The United States gives money or financial aid (loans, grants, and debt forgiveness) to over 150 countries to the tune of at least $20 billion. The numbers I’m using come from the Library of Congress for years covering 2002-2004, so they’re probably bigger now.
I’m all for helping people that need help and appreciate it, but we as a nation do need to remain financially solvent if we are expected to continue to bail out the world for every catastrophe. Remember how people were indignant that our initial gift to the victims of the Indonesian tsunami was “low”? What happens when the bank is broke? Let’s not find out.
OK, bite #1 – Palestine. Directly and indirectly (through the UN) we have planned to give them up to $411 million this year. Palestine is run by Hamas which we consider a terrorist organization, mostly due to their stated goal of wiping Israel off the map. A few days ago, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniveh said the US was the leader of an “unholy alliance” that threatened his country. OK, we’ll just keep that check. We wouldn’t want to offend them with our unholy money. $411 million won’t fix the deficit, but I think we can safely keep that bite. And perhaps a review of the rest of the $20 billion might help as well.
By the way, remember Israel, who Palestine says shouldn’t exist? They pay Palestine $50 million each month for “tax revenue.” Without foreign aid, including that from Israel, Palestine has nothing. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you. Oh, and a newsflash just in… Iran has pledged $50 million to their Palestinian brothers. See, we don’t have to carry the world’s burden after all.
Bite #2 – unemployment. We have approximately 7 million unemployed Americans. That is a drain on the economy in a few ways. The government pays unemployment to those that are unemployed; they are not earning an income and paying taxes; and they are not buying as many goods as they could to generate a stronger, healthier economy. We’ve been overwhelmed lately with articles and news about immigration, so I’ll keep this part short. Unless those 12 million illegal aliens (yes, I know I didn’t call them undocumented workers) are sleeping all day, they are taking 12 million jobs which should be available to our 7 million Americans. Remember the furor caused about foreign companies watching our ports? Seems like we’ve got plenty of Americans to fill those jobs too. Yes, I know that 12 million plus any number of port jobs is greater than the 7 million unemployed. But we can open those jobs up to LEGAL immigrants and allow them to come from all nations as appropriate. Let’s reward those who follow the law and not those that break it.
Stop the flow of money given to people that hate us and fight against us. Help Americans – our families and friends - work. These are just a few bites, but take them and the balanced budget buffet has begun.
Steve Adams was born and raised in Ohio, graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a Computer Science degree in 1988, and subsequently moved to Lexington KY. He has worked at Lexmark International since 1989 and has been a Part Time Local Pastor at St. Luke UMC since 2004. He is married with two children. He is not politically correct, but is politically active. He is a registered Republican, married to a registered Democrat, and running for President of the United States as a write-in candidate on the independent ticket. No joke. You can read all about it on www.PresidentAdams.com or e-mail Steve directly at Steve@PresidentAdams.com.
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Same as the age old joke. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
I have a suggestion for a few bites on heading towards a balanced budget – something that would be a main pillar of my Presidency. You and I have to balance our checkbooks every month. Why shouldn’t the government that represents us be held to the same standard?
Let’s start with foreign aid. The United States gives money or financial aid (loans, grants, and debt forgiveness) to over 150 countries to the tune of at least $20 billion. The numbers I’m using come from the Library of Congress for years covering 2002-2004, so they’re probably bigger now.
I’m all for helping people that need help and appreciate it, but we as a nation do need to remain financially solvent if we are expected to continue to bail out the world for every catastrophe. Remember how people were indignant that our initial gift to the victims of the Indonesian tsunami was “low”? What happens when the bank is broke? Let’s not find out.
OK, bite #1 – Palestine. Directly and indirectly (through the UN) we have planned to give them up to $411 million this year. Palestine is run by Hamas which we consider a terrorist organization, mostly due to their stated goal of wiping Israel off the map. A few days ago, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniveh said the US was the leader of an “unholy alliance” that threatened his country. OK, we’ll just keep that check. We wouldn’t want to offend them with our unholy money. $411 million won’t fix the deficit, but I think we can safely keep that bite. And perhaps a review of the rest of the $20 billion might help as well.
By the way, remember Israel, who Palestine says shouldn’t exist? They pay Palestine $50 million each month for “tax revenue.” Without foreign aid, including that from Israel, Palestine has nothing. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you. Oh, and a newsflash just in… Iran has pledged $50 million to their Palestinian brothers. See, we don’t have to carry the world’s burden after all.
Bite #2 – unemployment. We have approximately 7 million unemployed Americans. That is a drain on the economy in a few ways. The government pays unemployment to those that are unemployed; they are not earning an income and paying taxes; and they are not buying as many goods as they could to generate a stronger, healthier economy. We’ve been overwhelmed lately with articles and news about immigration, so I’ll keep this part short. Unless those 12 million illegal aliens (yes, I know I didn’t call them undocumented workers) are sleeping all day, they are taking 12 million jobs which should be available to our 7 million Americans. Remember the furor caused about foreign companies watching our ports? Seems like we’ve got plenty of Americans to fill those jobs too. Yes, I know that 12 million plus any number of port jobs is greater than the 7 million unemployed. But we can open those jobs up to LEGAL immigrants and allow them to come from all nations as appropriate. Let’s reward those who follow the law and not those that break it.
Stop the flow of money given to people that hate us and fight against us. Help Americans – our families and friends - work. These are just a few bites, but take them and the balanced budget buffet has begun.
Steve Adams was born and raised in Ohio, graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a Computer Science degree in 1988, and subsequently moved to Lexington KY. He has worked at Lexmark International since 1989 and has been a Part Time Local Pastor at St. Luke UMC since 2004. He is married with two children. He is not politically correct, but is politically active. He is a registered Republican, married to a registered Democrat, and running for President of the United States as a write-in candidate on the independent ticket. No joke. You can read all about it on www.PresidentAdams.com or e-mail Steve directly at Steve@PresidentAdams.com.
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