Who Won The Debate?

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(09-27-2016, 12:34 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: One time, just one time, I'd like to see someone take a candidate to school on the budget stuff. What I mean by this is that every candidate, but especially those with a business background, make comments to the effect of running the government like a business and all of that. It can't be done. Absolutely, without any wiggle room, can't. We see this sort of commentary come up from people, and candidates, on a regular basis and I'd just like someone to come in there and lay it out for them.

Being able to be under budget in a business is a very, very different thing than being able to do it in a government. I say this as someone with experience budgeting in both corporate and government entities. Which is, of course, why this is easily one of my biggest pet peeves with politicians. Unrealistic fiscal positions are shoved out there because the majority of the electorate are ignorant to the mechanics of it all, and they want to be ignorant, and the politicians want them to be ignorant because otherwise the people would wake up to their bull shit.

Been watching some clips from last night and had to say this.

/rant

I'd be curios to your take that we should run it more like a household:

You have X amount of income and have to figure out how to budget it over the month / year.

Sometimes something happens you didn't budget for (new roof) so you have to spend over your budget and then figure a way to either get in more income or pay it off as quickly as possible.

No one wants to run a deficit, but you also have to take care of what you have and occasionally (as this isn't a perfect world) you get surprised and have to go over your budget.