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If I was in congress, could they buy my vote on the Big Beautiful Bill? You bet

Posted by Austin Powerz on 7/1/2025, 14:47:39

Here's what they'd need to do:

Provide a list of recission items that cuts the deficit in half, or by a greater amount, that they promise to vote on within the next 3 months,

Promise to vote on a Balanced Budget Amendment within the next 6 months,

Promise to vote on a separate Line Item Veto Amendment with the next 3 months.

to balance the budget what would you cut and by how much?

Posted by JK on 7/1/2025, 14:52:50, in reply to "If I was in congress, could they buy my vote on the Big Beautiful Bill? You bet"

U.S. Government Spending, FYTD 2025
Top 10 Spending by Category and Agency
Percentage
Dollars

21 %
Social Security
14 %
Medicare
14 %
Net Interest
13 %
Health
13 %
National Defense
11 %
Income Security
5 %
Veterans Benefits and Services
2 %
Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services
2 %
Transportation
1 %
Natural Resources and

https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/federal-spending/

Re: to balance the budget what would you cut and by how much?

Posted by SC on 7/1/2025, 15:02:40, in reply to "to balance the budget what would you cut and by how much?"

How much does the federal government spend on foreign aid?

The government is currently on track to spend about $58.4 billion on international assistance programs in the 2025 fiscal year, according to January 2025 projections from the Congressional Budget Office. But since we’re only four months into the fiscal year, and the Trump administration is moving aggressively to reshape and reduce aid, that figure may change.

point being 35% of the spending is on keeping old people alive

Posted by JK on 7/1/2025, 15:03:26, in reply to "to balance the budget what would you cut and by how much?"

maybe why the vax was developed

too much

Posted by JK on 7/1/2025, 15:04:15, in reply to "Re: to balance the budget what would you cut and by how much?"

but kind of a pimple on the ass of bloat

We owe them nothing

Posted by SC on 7/1/2025, 15:05:43, in reply to "too much"

Seeing their not really our allies

I don't buy your chart because there is no Welfare line item broken out.

Posted by Austin Powerz on 7/1/2025, 15:06:14, in reply to "to balance the budget what would you cut and by how much?"

But here is where I'd hope most of the items on the recissions package/packages come from:

Re: We owe them nothing

Posted by JK on 7/1/2025, 15:07:44, in reply to "We owe them nothing"

the idea is to make them dependent

like the idea behind welfare in general

Re: I don't buy your chart because there is no Welfare line item broken out.

Posted by JK on 7/1/2025, 15:08:55, in reply to "I don't buy your chart because there is no Welfare line item broken out."

The U.S. federal budget for the current fiscal year (ending September 30, 2024) is approximately $6.9 trillion

It was only last week the injunction against DOGE getting social security records was thrown out

Posted by Austin Powerz on 7/1/2025, 15:14:46, in reply to "point being 35% of the spending is on keeping old people alive"

by the Supreme Court.

How many more 360 year olds receiving Social Security are they going to find?

definitely all that needs to be weeded out

Posted by JK on 7/1/2025, 15:16:17, in reply to "It was only last week the injunction against DOGE getting social security records was thrown out"

regardless keeping old people alive on SS isn't sustainable

The first thing I would work on is government efficiency.... same services at less cost...

Posted by TEXRA on 7/1/2025, 15:17:33, in reply to "to balance the budget what would you cut and by how much?"

I worked as a corporate accountant for 40 years. When I was hired we did everything by hand with big old 10 key calculators, pen and paper. We had staff over 50 with 33 degreed accountants. Also, in the same building we had over 50 IT people that ran programs that were designed and run in-house, an engieering staff of over 50 and a Purchasing Department with 40 to 50 people.

Today, all those departments and people are gone. Huge increases in efficiency related to purchased software provided by SAP and other companies, centralization of services and corporate reorgnizations eliminated the need for large local staffs.

During that time there have most likely not been significant increases in efficiency by any government agency. All of the huge gains in efficiency due to information systems have apparently bypassed government agencies. There are many systems like the retirement system for government agencies that are still being done manually and huge numbers of paper records.

DOGE could do wonders for that if given the leverage to do so.

Shitholes like Ukraine

Posted by SC on 7/1/2025, 15:18:51, in reply to "Re: We owe them nothing"

All because a loser doper like Hunter.
Why was he there again?

they are made shitholes

Posted by JK on 7/1/2025, 15:21:34, in reply to "Shitholes like Ukraine "

for the war profits

And according to CBO the deficit is projected to be $1.9 trillion in 2024-2025

Posted by Austin Powerz on 7/1/2025, 15:22:03, in reply to "Re: I don't buy your chart because there is no Welfare line item broken out."

That list of $1.1 Trillion in welfare puts them well on the way of eliminating half the deficit as was part of my price for a BBB vote.

https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60870

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