We need someone on this stuff all of the time in order to keep up. I can't do it all of the time. Believe it or not, I have a life or something that resembles one.
Honestly, about 50% of the time when I do take time to research things, I end up frustrated by what I find.... sometimes I find nothing because things are so politically correctly buttered up that it is gag worthy.
I had this vision, and I know it wouldn't work.... but it is entertaining at least to me. Anyone a fan of boxing or mixed martial arts? Stay with me, okay. Lets say a politician says that he is "going to reform this" or "going to handle this" and then goes back on his word.... Then we send our rep from the MMA world to DC for a "diplomatic endeavor".
It should go something like this.....
"Mr. John Boehner, meet Mr. Chuck Liddell, former light heavy weight world champion in the UFC. Mr. Liddell has a problem with some of your efforts. I am going to leave Mr. Liddell here to have a chat with you and see if he can persuade you to stick to the stuff you said you'd do, okay? Mr. Liddell, you're on sir...."
Your last paragraph is pretty much on target. And to be brutally honest, my work has kept me from lots of research. I did a research of bi partisan news sites and started there. Its not easy. Raising the debt limit was already agreed upon back in August during the debt ceiling debacle I remember. You gotta stay on this stuff daily to know whats going on. I do that in the summer usually but now? Im tired.
So I went to the prescribed web site and didn't get much information. When I hear the term "spending cap" I think of a device to stop spending money when the spending gets to a certain level. When I hear a politician say "spending cap" I want to know what their meaning is. I also want to know what programs are capped and why, and I'd also like to know the importance of allowing more spending elsewhere in other programs. Seems to me that if you save money on Program A but increase spending on Program B that it really doesn't look as if we capped any spending at all. Spending cap should mean all programs. That is how you save money.
The tidbit I did find went on to say that the debt will be raised by 1.4 or 1.4 trillion to keep us within the cap.... my next question is, if we raise the amount of what we can spend, a cap means nothing.
I then determined that the term "spending cap" really means nothing to anyone in DC because they are all willing to find more money for a pet project that is close to their hearts. "Maintaining" apparently means change in DC. It is a contradiction of what I had initially thought.
There ya go... wasnt that hard, was it. The site doesn't offer your opinion. All I wanted was peoples own opinion. That's it.... no big deal.
How are we maintaining that now? Meaning me or you or this admin? Gee if you want to kno what is being done just go to that site brice. Im not being a smartass here, just directing you to the answers you seek. My personal opinion is the military spending can be cut back, bring our soldiers home from around the world, it is also my understanding that there is a process ongoing that is cutting fraud from programs like medicaid and I heard obama wants to condense some of the government programs to cut down on overhead without costing jobs. IMO, get rid of the party of no, do away with their pensions and benefits and put their paychecks that they are not earning and put it to the deficit at hand. Enuff with the politics, its time for the people to stop it.
All I asked for was peoples personal opinion's of what "maintaining spending caps means." and how we are maintaining that now. That's all I wanted.
The info is out there! It's just a matter of wanting to find it....
Got to the whitehouse.gov website and it will tell you all about what obama is and has beend doing. As well as his daily schedule. Its easier than me trying to explain it at this point.
"maintain spending caps" What does that mean to anyone here, and how are we maintaining that now? Any explanation is welcome.
Me too. And I remember when he offered the big 4T, till the word, revenue came up. I dont look for anything significant until we change the players. All the players.
They want to cut and save money and here's a plan that does so but they don't like it!! I am so hoping the Dems take the house back....