Absolutely NOTHING!! With all the talk of doom and gloom over the upcoming debt ceiling talks, or lack thereof. My mind does a lot of thinking, now, if you were one of my co-workers you would say that I have a lot of spare real estate between my ears, but hey; that is a discussion for another day, today is dedicated to our representatives in Congress.
First a little background, our deficit spending is currently estimated at 11% of our Gross Domestic Product. That means boys and girls (and for our elected officials, I mean boys and girls), that we, as a country are spending $1.11 for every $1.00 we take in. I don’t care if you are a Republican, Democrat or a horses ass; you cannot spend more money than you have in your checking account (i.e. the national treasury).
How do we solve this little “accounting error”? Well, we obviously cannot leave it to our elected representatives in the House and Senate, they can’t even agree that they SHOULDN’T give themselves a pay raise (how many of you have to choose NOT to have a pay raise?). The way to solve this is easy, but our President has to take charge:
- The PRESIDENT calls a joint session, and includes the heads of his departments.
- Tells everyone “by direction of the President” there is going to be a 12% cut across the board (11% to balance the budget and 1% to pay down the debt).
- Tells each department to figure out for themselves how and what they will cut.
- Wishes everyone a good day, and leaves.
That’s how I’d solve it, if I were president…..Hey….”DR Dan for President”, I could have my platform be: You can’t do any worse!!
Have a good day boys and girls….have a good day.
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