The Fiscal Cliff, in my naturally skeptical mind (and why should we not ALL be
skeptical) is a fear tactic being employed by BOTH parties in order to avoid having to
ace the bitter truth (and acting responsibly) rather than taking the decisive action
needed NOW, and stop trying to buy our way out of recession.
If our electorate is to be believed (we elected them and, therefore, we need to muster
up the faith to trust them) the effect of going over the "cliff" will be devastating.
However, I fear that the effect of not going over the cliff NOW, only postpones the
devastation to a later point in time; to point in time, when the devastation will be
even greater, precisely because we delayed and refused to face the reality of these
troubled economic times.
Both parties have "pet" policies and programs which they want to preserve (and even
expand), but the reality is that - "our government has grown too big". Why do we really
need a Department of Homeland Security? Haven't we always sought to keep our homeland secure? Is it not the responsibility of our entire national defense system and the Department of Defense strive to keep our nation secure? Do not the FBI, the FTA, the DEA and even CIA, all act in one way or another to keep our homeland secure?
Our entire government is fraught with duplicity; if (and this is a HUGE if) we could
take action eliminate even "some" small part of the duplication we could start down the
road to fiscal responsibility. The FBI use to handle issues involving firearms,
tobacco and alcohol (FTA) as well as drugs (DEA) and they still do, but now they share
the responsibility with the DEA, FTA and perhaps the CIA and Homeland Security, when
for example, drugs become a source of funds for terrorist activity.
What if congress took action and enacted Federal budget that even "began to approach"
the tax dollars available; would we not all applaud this act of fiscal responsibility?
What if we cut expenditures to all areas of the economy by as little as 2 - 5 percent
and held fast to this cut; would we as a nation suffer, and how many billions of dollars
would we save?
skeptical) is a fear tactic being employed by BOTH parties in order to avoid having to
ace the bitter truth (and acting responsibly) rather than taking the decisive action
needed NOW, and stop trying to buy our way out of recession.
If our electorate is to be believed (we elected them and, therefore, we need to muster
up the faith to trust them) the effect of going over the "cliff" will be devastating.
However, I fear that the effect of not going over the cliff NOW, only postpones the
devastation to a later point in time; to point in time, when the devastation will be
even greater, precisely because we delayed and refused to face the reality of these
troubled economic times.
Both parties have "pet" policies and programs which they want to preserve (and even
expand), but the reality is that - "our government has grown too big". Why do we really
need a Department of Homeland Security? Haven't we always sought to keep our homeland secure? Is it not the responsibility of our entire national defense system and the Department of Defense strive to keep our nation secure? Do not the FBI, the FTA, the DEA and even CIA, all act in one way or another to keep our homeland secure?
Our entire government is fraught with duplicity; if (and this is a HUGE if) we could
take action eliminate even "some" small part of the duplication we could start down the
road to fiscal responsibility. The FBI use to handle issues involving firearms,
tobacco and alcohol (FTA) as well as drugs (DEA) and they still do, but now they share
the responsibility with the DEA, FTA and perhaps the CIA and Homeland Security, when
for example, drugs become a source of funds for terrorist activity.
What if congress took action and enacted Federal budget that even "began to approach"
the tax dollars available; would we not all applaud this act of fiscal responsibility?
What if we cut expenditures to all areas of the economy by as little as 2 - 5 percent
and held fast to this cut; would we as a nation suffer, and how many billions of dollars
would we save?
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