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Basically, there’s no easy way to cut government spending to any significant extent (other than pulling out of Iraq, which McCain does not intend to do, and cutting Medicare/SS benefits, which would be suicidal to even propose during the election campaign). We had almost 6 full years with a Republican president and a Republican congress (2001-2006) and they didn’t figure out how to do that. McCain won’t, either.
So it is dishonest to claim that you can start with an estimated budget deficit of 15% of your budget, CUT TAXES, and then somehow balance the whole thing.
The example of two nurses busting their asses working 6 12-hour shifts a week seems to be very far-fetched to me. First of all, very few middle-class jobs allow you to make 120k even with overtime. Sooner or later kids will appear and you can live comfortably in San Diego with 120k income, stay-at-home mom, and some kids. At that moment your nursing family will fall out of 250k bracket.
250k income puts you in the top 5% earning households in San Diego. I think that’s rich.[/quote]
I agree that it won’t be easy to cut spending but I think with a Democrat controlled congress, that might help vs a Republican controlled congress and Bush as president. It might not be easy but I think it must be done.
I agree that the extreme overtime and double can only be done for a short period of time and when kids come, that can’t happen. But there’s a broad paint stroke of all people making $250k are just leeches of society and don’t deserve the $ they earn. They don’t work for their $, so they shouldn’t be rewarded.
If you think 250k HH income is rich, then you must also consider an individual making $125k to be rich too, right?
