07-11-2017, 07:33 PM
(07-10-2017, 12:38 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I agree that lower taxes don't have to mean increased deficits, but we both know that the spending decreases aren't going to keep up. ... Cuts deep enough to reduce revenues and keep the budget balanced would be devastating to the country at this point.
True, but we keep kicking the can down the road. No one is advocating deep cuts in Yr1 - you have to get there over the course of a decade. And it can be done, there's just too much pork that goes around Washington.
Plus you get vilified every time you talk about cutting an agency's budget, any agency, even if it is all largely small potatoes. Dems learned some time ago not to hardline on military spending - debate now seems mostly to be about how much to increase military spending each year.
In many cases, these debates are even worse at the state level. But voters don't seem to care much - appears governor and House/Senate at the state level mostly only change in the swing states.
Your average voter just really doesn't seem to care about state and federal debt and taxes. That's probably why the middle class keeps getting hosed. If you're a middle class voter, you have little-to-no real representation anywhere.
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