How to Answer the BIG Question for Tea Party Folk …

I just watched Shep Smith cruicify a new Tea Party Congressman on the question … “So you want to cut government spending – what are you going to cut?  Social Security?  Medicare? Both?  How you gonna cut ‘em?”

The Tea Party Congressman basically said he wouldn’t cut any of those – but find other places in the budget to cut.  Of course – Shep killed on this point – because everything else you wanna cut is really “peanuts” …

So here’s MY ANSWER to the “What are you going to cut?” question …

It’s a SEVEN STEP program …

We’re going to have to cut some stuff – but we’re REALLY going to do is a “BUY BACK” from the American people – and here’s how it works …

(First – you don’t even talk about cuts to SS and Medicare …)

STEP ONE:  CUT ALL THE BULLSHIT FIRST - and the list is long.  Cut NPR, PBS, Cut NASA funding for Mohammedan “self esteem building – cut the NEA, end embryonic stem cell research – end all federally subsidized research.  Cut the United Nations – ensure our contributions match those of France (and encourage the UN to move somewhere else for a change of scenery).  Cut welfare – entirely, let the states handle that.

STEP TWO:  READ THE 10TH AMENDMENT – then look at the federal budget – cut everything that you can’t make a reasonable 10th amendment argument to keep.  Department of Education – GONE!  ATF – GONE! (Seriousy – what do they do that shouldn’t be done by the states?).  IRS – MOSTLY GONE!  (more on this later).  The goal here is reduce the Federal Government to a shell of it’s former self.  If you’re not FEARFUL at the end that you cut dreadfully too much – then you didn’t cut enough.

STEP THREE:  Implement a FLAT TAX - this is a great gift to Americans and will help you get rid of 95% of the IRS.  The IRS should be a little office in Washington, DC – staffed by very old military retirees who sit around most of the day telling war stories – it really should be that simple.  Also – since we don’t have a complicated Federal Government anymore – we don’t need lifetime lawmakers – implement TERM LIMITS.

STEP FOUR:  GO BACK THROUGH THE FIRST THREE STEPS AND LOOK FOR MORE THINGS TO CUT. If the states can do it – get rid of it.  By now you have a government that is a shell of it’s former size – and Americans no longer have the “FEDS” breathing down their backs in any way, shape or form.

STEP FIVE:  SECURE THE BORDERS AND DEPORT ILLEGALS. Border security comes first – and it must be AIR TIGHT.  If you want a “comprehensive” solution to immigration then go for it – but only after the borders are secure.

STEP SIX:  LOOK AND SEE HOW MUCH $$ WE NOW HAVE TO PAY THE “BIG” ENTITLEMENTS LIKE SS AND MEDICARE. Sit down – and come up with a fix.  It may take raising the retirement age – it may take reducing benefits – it may take a certain amount of privatization – whatever, at this point you know you’re not spending money on bullshit so you have a lot more options on what you can do with these entitlements.

STEP SEVEN:  GO TO AMERICANS AND SAY – “WE’VE GIVEN YOU YOUR LIBERTY BACK – IN ORDER TO KEEP IT, AND PASS IT ON TO YOUR KIDS – THIS IS WHAT WE’D LIKE YOU TO DO”. Sell them the program based on the fact that you’ve given them their nation back – in wonderful condition and in a state they can be proud to pass on to their children.

 

Honest to GOD folks – as a military retiree – I’ll sacrifice every cent of my retirement pension for a deal like this.  Hell – I would consider this a “pennies on the dollar” purchase for the welfare of my kids, and grandkids.

It’s really simple – you CAN cut entitlements – you can cut any entitlement – but you have to GIVE Americans something they want in return for them!

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