What we have here is a toxic dynamic of both political parties, unable and unwilling to address the core issues: entitlements.
The GOP passes tax cuts and defers the spending cuts, while the Dems pass big spending bills and defer the tax hikes.
The reality is that the government will always spend more than it has, so the best medicine will be some kind of mechanism to cap that spending, which indirectly also caps the size and intrusiveness of the government as well.
Roughly speaking, I have written that spending should be allocated as follows and capped at 20 percent:
Very excited about this! I will seriously consider participating in the essay contest this time.
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What we have here is a toxic dynamic of both political parties, unable and unwilling to address the core issues: entitlements.
The GOP passes tax cuts and defers the spending cuts, while the Dems pass big spending bills and defer the tax hikes.
The reality is that the government will always spend more than it has, so the best medicine will be some kind of mechanism to cap that spending, which indirectly also caps the size and intrusiveness of the government as well.
Roughly speaking, I have written that spending should be allocated as follows and capped at 20 percent:
2% defence
5% education
2% R&D
8% Healthcare
3% Other