Sometimes … it also attaches coercive powers to the billions in subsidies that it provides to local governments.
Sometimes? Let’s just close down every dept. created since 1910.
We’ve got a HUD house on the street.
Every tennant has been a POS.
Most I could ignore, but for the woman who had 3 budding criminals for children, and her live-in BF who would park his car in the grass, rather than the driveway.
I became very familiar with the HUD office dwellers when she was there.
The real kicker? When the county re-assesed my house at a very high value for tax purposes, and I protested, they asked “what do you believe reduces your house’s value?”
I said: “The HUD house 3 doors down”.
Them:” Sir, we can’t help that there’s poor people on your street”
Me:” YOU PUT THEM THERE!!!!!”
It doesn’t matter who put them there, your property value should still reflect reality.
There was a GAO report several weeks ago that identified $100 billion in needless duplication of government programs. Want to start cutting government? That GAO report is as good a place as any to begin.
Even within departments that should be closed (e.g. education, energy), there may be some parts that are actually worthwhile. Make each agency and department justify their existance by changing from baseline budgeting to zero-based budgeting. Begin drawing down the government bloat.
These things in and of themselves won’t balance the budget but they’d be steps in the right direction. The real changes will have to be in the “entitlement programs.” The federal government is spending about $1.40 for every dollar of tax revenue. That’s unsustainable and if we wait until the whole house of cards collapses, the pain with be a lot worse than if we begin to make the necessary cuts with deeper cuts to follow.
Sometimes … it also attaches coercive powers to the billions in subsidies that it provides to local governments.
Sometimes? Let’s just close down every dept. created since 1910.
We’ve got a HUD house on the street.
Every tennant has been a POS.
Most I could ignore, but for the woman who had 3 budding criminals for children, and her live-in BF who would park his car in the grass, rather than the driveway.
I became very familiar with the HUD office dwellers when she was there.
The real kicker? When the county re-assesed my house at a very high value for tax purposes, and I protested, they asked “what do you believe reduces your house’s value?”
I said: “The HUD house 3 doors down”.
Them:” Sir, we can’t help that there’s poor people on your street”
Me:” YOU PUT THEM THERE!!!!!”
It doesn’t matter who put them there, your property value should still reflect reality.
There was a GAO report several weeks ago that identified $100 billion in needless duplication of government programs. Want to start cutting government? That GAO report is as good a place as any to begin.
Even within departments that should be closed (e.g. education, energy), there may be some parts that are actually worthwhile. Make each agency and department justify their existance by changing from baseline budgeting to zero-based budgeting. Begin drawing down the government bloat.
These things in and of themselves won’t balance the budget but they’d be steps in the right direction. The real changes will have to be in the “entitlement programs.” The federal government is spending about $1.40 for every dollar of tax revenue. That’s unsustainable and if we wait until the whole house of cards collapses, the pain with be a lot worse than if we begin to make the necessary cuts with deeper cuts to follow.