Balancing the National Budget, any ideas?

Answer 1

You're going to do it? Good luck! The last 12 President's haven't been able to do it; maybe it's time for a new type of President. Someone who's not a career politician.

Answer 2

If you mean by balancing the budget, paying off the deficite, I'd say it can't be done. If you say come out even, without touching the deficite thats easy. Tell our leaders not to spend more than they take in.

Fat chance of that happening when we are giving money to illegal mexicans, tons of pork barrel projects, the war, too much foriegn aid, and city rebuilding from natural disasters. The Federal Government is way too big, and needs to be shrunken back down to the size the founding fathers envisioned it to be. Give back state rights and only allow the Feds to do what the fathers intended. Then and only then will we really be able to balance the budget.

Answer 3

Have all of the government officials donate all of their kickbacks from their political voting back into the budget. Then let someone that makes minimum wage budget the money for them. Trust me when I say if this was to happen there would be no more $500 toilet seats. Another idea would be to stop all overseas aid for 3 years, put this all together and would we wouldn't have any debt at all.

Answer 4

Someone has to raise taxes: This information is from your earlier question

Bush originally thought this war was originally estimated in March of 2003 to cost $75 billion.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/03/25/iraq/main545903.shtml

According to Congressional Appropriations, the cost is now in excess of $290 billion.

http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182

From January of this year:

'' LAST WEEK, the annual meeting of the American Economic Assn.presented a new estimate for the likely cost of the war in Iraq suggested that the final bill will be much higher than previously reckoned — between $1 trillion and $2 trillion,' or 7-14 times higher than Bush originally claimed.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-bilmes17jan17,0,7038018.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions

Without new taxes, what will the US use for money to pay for a war that costs that much??

Fort Sam Houston has received 1,300 utility service termination notices for delinquent bill payments, which officials blamed on a major budget shortfall.

CPS Energy warned commanders at the post to pay $4.2 million by Wednesday or risk losing power. The post is three months behind on its bills, but both Army and utility officials said the two parties were talking and no cutoff was imminent.

"Who would imagine us not paying our bill?" said Col. Wendy Martinson, Fort Sam Houston's garrison commander. "I worry about it. I can't sleep at night."

The post, which trains medics, faces a $26 million budget shortfall this year - a problem that officials said is symptomatic of the financial woes facing posts worldwide.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2340117

Answer 5

Get a new leader. Making groups accountable to show where the money is actually going. If we actually knew I am sure we would lose more people to heart attacks then we have in the war.

Answer 6

stop giving money to other countries that are not very friendly with america.thats not even the tip of the iceberg. the u s owes china billions of dollars and china is not the only country that is owed money.get rid of these debts to other countries would decrese the national debt considerably

Answer 7

stop your country going to war would be a good start

Answer 8

Legalize all vice crimes and tax the hell out of them