http://rockrivertimes.com/2011/10/12/throwing-away-our-money-on-government-spending/ The Rock River Times - THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1993 Fri, 24 May 2013 02:20:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://rockrivertimes.com/2011/10/12/throwing-away-our-money-on-government-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-3686 Ulysses S. Arn Fri, 21 Oct 2011 06:28:46 +0000 http://rockrivertimes.com/?p=33558#comment-3686 Hipster you should go take a look at the FY2012 budget of Paul Ryan in it is a pie chart of Federal Spending for 2010 and wouldn't you Know we spend more per year on Social Security($701 billion) than we do on defense($692 billion) if you combine all "auto-pilot" spending it comes out to $2.1 trillion while defense and non-defense discretionary spending equals $1.3 trillion. Seems to me that if we what to truly save some $ at the federal level entitlements are where we need to be looking. O' and about the Bush tax cuts you are aware of the fact that federal revenue increased following the 03 tax cuts, you also do know that for like 4 out of the last 5 years federal revenues have been at record levels($2.2 trillion tax revenue). Then again you sound like a liberal drone so you probably don't. Hipster you should go take a look at the FY2012 budget of Paul Ryan in it is a pie chart of Federal Spending for 2010 and wouldn’t you Know we spend more per year on Social Security($701 billion) than we do on defense($692 billion) if you combine all “auto-pilot” spending it comes out to $2.1 trillion while defense and non-defense discretionary spending equals $1.3 trillion. Seems to me that if we what to truly save some $ at the federal level entitlements are where we need to be looking. O’ and about the Bush tax cuts you are aware of the fact that federal revenue increased following the 03 tax cuts, you also do know that for like 4 out of the last 5 years federal revenues have been at record levels($2.2 trillion tax revenue). Then again you sound like a liberal drone so you probably don’t.

]]> http://rockrivertimes.com/2011/10/12/throwing-away-our-money-on-government-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-3662 Hipster Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:46:39 +0000 http://rockrivertimes.com/?p=33558#comment-3662 If you and the tea party want to complain about spending Mr. Arn then why not discuss Pentagon spending which is by far the single largest discretionary item in the Federal Budget or the multi-trillion dollar tax cuts of the Bush years. Perhaps it's because both benefit the wealthy which includes David and Charles Koch, the benefactors of your organization. Keep in mind the orginal tea party movement in 1773 was primarily opposed to the relationship between large concentrations of wealth and the government. Time to turn in your pointy hat. If you and the tea party want to complain about spending Mr. Arn then why not discuss Pentagon spending which is by far the single largest discretionary item in the Federal Budget or the multi-trillion dollar tax cuts of the Bush years. Perhaps it’s because both benefit the wealthy which includes David and Charles Koch, the benefactors of your organization. Keep in mind the orginal tea party movement in 1773 was primarily opposed to the relationship between large concentrations of wealth and the government. Time to turn in your pointy hat.

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