Conservatives: Spending Freeze Would Save $2 Trillion

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How about cutting all of the "Entitlements" to foreign banks, 50 Billion or more, all of those handouts or entitlements to other countries who just funnel the money back into terrorism? How much money is flowing OUTSIDE of this country every year? How much of our tax dollars are going overseas? What countries are they? How much is each country receiving? Has the budget for the CIA and FBI-Homeland security increased? We Americans are entitled to know where our hard working dollars are going. But then, if Americans are not working, can't pay rent or for health care, can't travel-----then what????? Where is the money coming from when we are all out of work and hungry and very very angry???

R. Ahart of CA 12:09PM August 04, 2011

I Agree We Do Need To Make Cuts In Our Budget, But Don't CUT The Throat Of Every America In The Process!
When History Is Written About The BUSH ADMINSTRATION They Will Be Known For Doing What No Other Foreign Government Could Do And That Is DESTROY This Counrty From The INSIDE OUT!
I Don't Have To Blame George W. Bush, Tricky Dick Cheney, Or Karl (Out A CIA Agent During WARTIME) Rove For The State Of This Union, History Will Speak For Itself!
If Your PISSED That President Obama Is In Office, Don't Blame Me, Or The American People Blame George W. Bush And The Cheney Gang For ROVEing This Country Blind!
It's Because Of GEORGE W. BUSH AND HIS POLICIES THAT OBAMA IS IN THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY!
For The Record ObamaCare aka CommieCare Wouldn't Hurt Medicad The GOP CUTS In Their Budget Plan WOULD!
As For My BITCHIN...
I Write These Blogs Not Only To Educate My Fellow Americans, But I Also Write These Blogs For FUTURE HISTORIANS.When Our COUNRY Is DESTROYED By CORPORATE GREED, I Want Historians To KNOW Who, What, Where, When And How Everything Went Wrong In Our Democracy!
I Guess You Can Call Me A Modern Day Version Of Paul Revere, The Only Difference Is I Use A PEN To WARN The American People... So Instead Of Me Yelling The British Are Coming , I'm Blogging My Fellow American And Warning Them That The BULLS**T Is Coming, The BULLS**T Is Coming, The BULLS**T Is Coming...
Trust Me... You'll Thank Me Later!
Stacey Bridges
Native Of Northern Virginia
Widowed 1 Year, 7 Months, 26 Days And Counting
Witness To The Pharmaceutical GENOCIDE Perpetrated On The American People Then Advertised On National TV

Stacey Bridges of VA 2:04AM July 31, 2011

Many of those things need defunding, including CommieCare, which the majority continually continues to NOT want (especially as it bankrupts states and kills off seniors by gutting Medicare). Quitcher bitchin' by deflecting it all on Boosh.

Effer of AL 4:49AM July 30, 2011

Where Were The Conservatives When George W. Bush And The Cheney Gang Roved This Country Blind?
George W. Bush And The Cheney Gang Took This Country Down The Road To Financial Ruin! The Policies That George W. Bush Created Was A Direct Assault On The Middle Class! As A Result, He Turned Every County, Every City, And Every District In This Union Into A THRID WORLD Country!
Under George W. Bush And The GOP Plan The Have's Have More, The Rich Are Richer And The POOR Are Shown The DOOR!
Before George W. Bush Took Office We Had $7 Trillion Dollars In Our Surplus, But When He Left Office His Adminsitration Left This Country In Two Wars, Broke And Borrowing Money From China!
Where Was The Conservative Spending Then?
Why Didn't The Conservatives Talk About CUT, CAP And BALANCE When George W, Bush Was In Office, For If They Had Maybe We Would Still Have That $7 Trillion In Surplus?
What Are The Spending Cuts That The Tea Party, The GOP, And Boehner Want And What Will The Democrats Give Into? My Only Question Who And/Or What Will Be Effected Today, Tomorrow And Over The Next Ten Years If We Make These Cuts?
Lets See...
* Eliminate The Presidential Campaigm Fund $775 Million
* Cut Funding For New Federal Office Space $864 Million ANNUALLY
* Eliminate Funding For Obamacare $900 Million.
* COLLECTION OF UNPAID TAXES BY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES $1 BILLION!
* Repeal The Davis-Bacon Act Of 1931 aka Federal Government Construction Contrats By A $1 Billion
* Eliminate Funding For National And Community Services $1.5 Billion!
* Prohibit Union Activies By Federal Employee $1.2 Billion
* STOP FUNDING For Applied Research At The Department Of Energy $1.27 Billion Annually.
* Eliminate 68 Duplicative Education Programs At A $1.3 Billion Annually.
* Eliminate USAID At A Savings Of $1.3 Billion Annually.
* End Amtrak Subsidies At $1.565 Billion Annually.
* Require The IRS To Deposit Fees For Services Offered To The Treasurty 1.8 Billion
* Cut New Starts To Transit At An Annual Savings Of $2 Billion
* Eliminate Intercity And High Speed Rail Grants $2.5 Billion.
* End Funding For Community Development Fund $4.5 Billion
* Federal Travel Budget In Half $7.5 Billion Annually
* Sell Federal Properties Not In Use $15 Billion
* Repeal Medicad FMAP Increase $16.1 Billion
* Privatize Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac $30 Billion
* Repeal The Stimulus Program aka Construction Jobs $45 Billion
* CDC $755 Million
*Cut Job-Training Programs $2 Billion
* NIH 1 Billion
etcetc...
The Cuts That The GOP Is Requesting Is Unheard Of,, And It Will HURT Every American Young, And Old, Poor And Struggling. These Cuts Are Not To Made To Reduce The Deficit, But To Reduce Obama's Chances In 2012 By Alienating His Core Base Which Is The AMERICAN PEOPLE!
For Those Of You Calling For CUT, CAP And BALANCE, I Hope You Don't CUT Your Own Throat In The Process!
Stacey Bridges
Native Of Nothern Virginia

Stacey Bridges of VA 2:00AM July 30, 2011

Thanks for the article.
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kg of FL 11:51AM July 29, 2011

What is Ron Paul talking about he voting against Beohners bill showing that the House of Representatives is impotent - incapable of accomplishing anything. The house is a disgrace and Paul is the worst of the bunch. Ron Paul and Cato Institute are idiots! They want to shrink the economy when the only way to pay down the debt and put people back to work is to grow the economy.
Rep. Ron Paul has never accomplished positive to show after a long career as a bomb thrower and whiner. Ron Paul was a cheerleader for the Bush's failed policies that created $$$ 7 trillion of the national debt. This wimp always runs for president but doesn't have the guts to run as an independent. Ron Paul is trying to be the viagra of some crippled thugs who are trying to screw Americans, and they still can't get it up to do anything. Good thing Ron Paul is quitting, he oughta just do it right now.
House conservatives are vowing to crash the economy and vowing to lay-off more Americans. what a bunch of louses!

Jamie of NE 1:13AM July 29, 2011

There really is no difference between the repubilicans and democrats. The are both big government. The real battle is between the big government statists and the small government constitutionals led by Ron Paul.
http://www.freemarketfan.com/2011/07/debt-ceiling-dog-and-pony-show.html

Sam of NJ 7:45PM July 28, 2011

Dr. Ron Paul 2012!

Tyler of TX 4:37PM July 28, 2011

Once again, Ron Paul offers real suggestions, and not just some empty rhetoric!
Paul has had the most consistent voting record of any of the presidential candidates.
He is also the only one that has ever served in the military. Perhaps this is why military personnel donate to his campaign more then any other candidate?
Look him up - Ron Paul 2012

Tim of MO 3:43PM July 28, 2011

Why is a spending freeze unrealistic? The last two federal budgets have been the largest in recorded human history. Not only are they enough to "get by on", they are far larger than necessary.
A spending freeze makes sense. Do it.
Even better would be an immediate and real cut back to the FY2007 budget, before the bailouts started. Going back to FY2005 would balance the budget RIGHT NOW, without any new taxes.
If those plans are too "radical", why not an across-the-board 5% cut? Or 10%? Private industry would do it if in this situation.

Cal of CA 1:58PM July 28, 2011