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A Reader Asks Everyone To Respond (Comments Welcome)

7/23/2011

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WE received the following item through the "Contact Us" utility today, and thought folks might like to weigh-in.   You join the conversation by clicking on "Add Comment" below.    (This blog's Posting Rules are given in the right frame.  Adopt a nickname if you'd like, and you don't have to provide your e-mail address or website if you don't want to share those publicly.)

Reader Comment:

Ask everyone in Congress (or your readers) to respond to this simple survey question:

Which would you pick if you could choose ONE that is BEST for the country?

A. Argue – Keep arguing until someone comes up with the perfect solution, none of these are going to work – stall for time, play games, scare the old to death, whatever works works.

B. Borrow – Raise the debt limit, borrow like no tomorrow, better yet get rid of it altogether, use endless borrowing to raise endless funds (more money to spread around to meet all the country’s needs).

C. Cut Spending – $14.3 Trillion is too much already; that is the most important thing to address and to make sure our credit is not downgraded, we go broke, etc.

D. Raise taxes – We have to have bigger government, more money to spend, and more money to spread around to meet all the country’s needs (if we can soak enough people/corporations no need to raise the debt limit or default).

E. Punt – Kick the can down the road, do what will get me the most votes; do not even try to do what is obviously the right thing to do (how lame is that?).
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County Gal
7/23/2011 04:29:46 pm

C. is obviously the only rational choice. It is the perfect solution which takes care of A. Five gets you ten we won't get much more than the punt.

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Karl Uppiano link
7/23/2011 04:30:35 pm

I vote for 'C'.

Some people are pushing for a balanced budget amendment. However, we would not be in this mess if our "leaders" would follow The Constitution in the first place. It already requires limited government and responsible budgeting.

If politicians won't follow The Constitution, what makes anyone think they would follow a balanced budget amendment?

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