Comments on: Being half-right isn’t good enough when you’re Fed chief http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2010/11/19/being-half-right-isn%e2%80%99t-good-enough-when-you%e2%80%99re-fed-chief/ Your Inside Track to Arizona Politics Fri, 24 May 2013 20:26:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jacque http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2010/11/19/being-half-right-isn%e2%80%99t-good-enough-when-you%e2%80%99re-fed-chief/comment-page-1/#comment-46281 Jacque Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:08:09 +0000 http://azcapitoltimes.com/?p=31669#comment-46281 Will it change with the Republicans in charge of the House? Not likely. They will not want to cut military spending, which is essential, or close the tax loopholes special interests have driven into the tax code. If I'm going to have to pay for graft, I'd rather pay for graft that ends up in the hands of individuals not mindless military imperialists, Boeing, Lockheed or other participants in the military machine including contractors who are not accountable to anyone. And close most of the off-shore (foreign) military bases. And return to a draft. Actually, this is a time for "equal hurt". Place a $10.00/gallon "war tax" on gasoline to help pay for our wars, follow the Deficit Reduction Commission's recommendations on reforming social security and Medicare, eliminate the housing tax deducion (yes!) and child tax credit (yes!) and raise taxes on every income level to pay off our debt in the next ten years (whatever it takes). Cut spending, increase taxes and balance the budget now, not leave this mess to our kids and grand-kids. Will it change with the Republicans in charge of the House? Not likely. They will not want to cut military spending, which is essential, or close the tax loopholes special interests have driven into the tax code. If I’m going to have to pay for graft, I’d rather pay for graft that ends up in the hands of individuals not mindless military imperialists, Boeing, Lockheed or other participants in the military machine including contractors who are not accountable to anyone. And close most of the off-shore (foreign) military bases. And return to a draft.

Actually, this is a time for “equal hurt”. Place a $10.00/gallon “war tax” on gasoline to help pay for our wars, follow the Deficit Reduction Commission’s recommendations on reforming social security and Medicare, eliminate the housing tax deducion (yes!) and child tax credit (yes!) and raise taxes on every income level to pay off our debt in the next ten years (whatever it takes). Cut spending, increase taxes and balance the budget now, not leave this mess to our kids and grand-kids.

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