I touched on this subject in a previous blog and thought it was a good one to expand on. Granted my opinion is that of a homemaker with budgeting experience and not that of a political or government expert. But you know what? I’ve learned that if we don’t spend paychecks wisely, when the money is gone, we’re in trouble.
Okay, I’ve tried to find information about this and can’t, so I’m going to base my opinion on the fact that there are endless complaints about how much wars are costing the United States. And I can only assume that we, the tax payers, are footing the bill for intervening in the problems in other countries.
Am I saying that we should never help others out? Not at all.
What I am saying is that we need to start demanding compensation for our costs, and the lives of our military men and women. Even if we only break even on the war front, the countries being set free because of us need to start showing their gratitude by covering our expenses.
Secondly. Others have said it, and I agree wholeheartedly. When disasters around the world strike, leave it to American citizens to decide how much each individual wants to contribute to help out. Stop spending our hard-earned tax dollars, that are needed to take care of our country, on others. I think that American’s are a generous people, but we deserve the chance to decide when and where our charitable dollars are spent.
That brings us to number three. Start pricing our exports the same price as a barrel of oil. For example, wheat is measured by the bushel, so the price of one bushel of wheat is one barrel of oil.
Next on the list, and what got me started on this particular blog, are the greedy, lowlife traitors who have moved their businesses out of the country. They have done that for two reasons. First to avoid paying taxes here. But even worse, they’ve done it to get out of paying a fair wage to hard working Americans. All because they want more and more profit, and don’t want to do any more than they have to in return for it.
Change the laws to penalize them to such a degree that they will wind up bankrupt for turning their backs on their country. Hit them with an import tax that will make their eyes bulge.
Continuing…
How about if big corporations, like GE, pay their fair share of taxes. Cutting them has proven that there won’t be enough new jobs created to make a dent in the unemployment rate, so why do taxpayers have to keep sucking up increases so the idiots running our country can cut them a break. I’m tired of it always being at our expense. We contribute enough already. Why should we be forced to contribute so much as one cent to help support the lives of luxury these miserly executives covet so much?
And lastly, at least for the moment…
Stop any spending that isn’t essential! At least until you start making a dent in the deficit. And by essential, I mean any out of country spending. If you can’t take care of your own, what business do you have taking care of anyone else? Especially when you expect the people you’re neglecting to foot the bill.
Another thing that isn’t essential are the excessive expenses our elected politicians enjoy-on our hard earned dollars. If they want to dine out, let them use the generous dollars they vote for themselves. If they want to throw lavish parties, or take vacations they pass off as business trips, they can start paying for it. We don’t vote them in to office so they can have a good time. We vote for them to do a job.
It’s way past time they start doing exactly that.
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