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This is basic math. You cannot spend more while cutting your revenue. It just doesn't work. Any grade school kid can show you the math.
I wasn't happy when the deficit went up under Obama. However, I understood why. We needed to do something, anything, to make the recession better. We needed to help people. Now.... We just increased the deficit for NO REASON.
Of course the Republicans are blaming it on Social Security. Fuck this already. We paid into Social Security; It had better be there when I retire.
Right now I am taking a leadership class put on the by the local Chamber of Commerce. It's giving me an inside look at how our city operates. It's amazing really. More or less, every department has a "fund" or account - Some have multiple accounts. Fire and police, for example, come from the general fund which comes from our taxes. Other departments, such as our parks and recreation department, are self sustaining meaning they pay for themselves (They raked in $1.1 million last year - surprise!). If the parks and recreation department takes in more money than it spends in one year, it cannot give or loan that money to the fire department for a new fire truck. Why doesn't our federal government work in the same way?
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