Federal Budget Is Out ..

Buck Murdock wrote:
Yup. A democrat will have to come clean up the mess, and get blamed for
stifling the economy because taxes went up, all to pay off Bush's war
tab. Infuriating.

While the cost of the war in Iraq is high, it PALES in comparison
with what social and entitlement programs cost the American taxpayer.

If we are in a 'mess' it is because there is NO ONE in Washington DC
with enough balls to reject the incessant pandering & PC mentality
that has emasculated the current tired old politicians. They are
totally unable to do what it takes to make the United States a
repected world power as it once was.

"ktbr" wrote in message
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Buck Murdock wrote:
Yup. A democrat will have to come clean up the mess, and get blamed for
stifling the economy because taxes went up, all to pay off Bush's war
tab. Infuriating.

While the cost of the war in Iraq is high, it PALES in comparison
with what social and entitlement programs cost the American taxpayer.

Military budget = $480 billion - Federal Budget = $2.9 tttttrillion : 16.5%
HHS budget $1.7 trillion = 55%

No where in Article 1, Section 8 do I see anything remotely akin to HHS (or
National Parks, etc., or even FAA)

On Feb 5, 6:43 pm, Buck Murdock wrote:
In article .com,

"Doug" wrote:
Bush term has run up more Federal deficit than any other president. We
are SWAMPED in Federal red ink. We are getting away with it, for now.
But it will rear it's ugly head someday, I believe. Trillions of
Federal debt!!

Yup. A democrat will have to come clean up the mess, and get blamed for
stifling the economy because taxes went up, all to pay off Bush's war
tab. Infuriating.

Leave federal fiscal matters to experts such as the retired TV
executive, who got it partially correct.

In article .com,
"Doug" wrote:

Bush term has run up more Federal deficit than any other president. We
are SWAMPED in Federal red ink. We are getting away with it, for now.
But it will rear it's ugly head someday, I believe. Trillions of
Federal debt!!

Congress is responsible for appropriating money.

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Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:14:23 -0500, Bob Noel
wrote:

what are the odds the government gives up a tax?

Depends on yer income level, dunnit?

Don

"Don Tuite" wrote in message
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On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:14:23 -0500, Bob Noel
wrote:

what are the odds the government gives up a tax?

Depends on yer income level, dunnit?


Number of households that pay NO income tax is up.

On 5 Feb 2007 14:09:21 -0800, Marco Leon wrote:

If it's the latter, then we are all about to get our asses handed
to us.

Is AOPA doing more than just ringing alarm bells about all this?

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Dallas

"Dallas" wrote in message
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On 5 Feb 2007 14:09:21 -0800, Marco Leon wrote:

If it's the latter, then we are all about to get our asses handed
to us.

Is AOPA doing more than just ringing alarm bells about all this?

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Dallas

Well, people generally hate lobbyists, unless they're yours.

I've no doubt that AOPAs DC folk (and Phil himself) are doing some serious
flesh pressing. This is a subject that has been on AOPAs radar for quite
some time.

BTW, anyone else see the story on the news tonite regarding Nancy Pellossi
and her request to have access to USAF aircraft for her transportation
needs? Guess a G-V wasn't good enough?

Jay B

On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:36:37 -0700, Jay Beckman wrote:

I've no doubt that AOPAs DC folk (and Phil himself) are doing some serious
flesh pressing. This is a subject that has been on AOPAs radar for quite
some time.

I hope he's doing more than that. I know the AOPA funded a couple TV
commercials but that seems like a high cost/low effect effort.

I'd like to see the AOPA put together a coalition of GA manufacturers,
flight schools, aircraft dealers, charter companies, FBOs, insurance
companies to put some focused pressure on congress. I'm betting there are
quite a few private pilots in congress that could get heavily involved.


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Dallas

On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:36:37 -0700, Jay Beckman wrote:

her request to have access to USAF aircraft for her transportation

Yeah, she got her request approved today. Did you hear that she also
requested an aircraft to take her 150 miles to a Williamsburg retreat while
the other members of congress took a bus.

Thankfully her request was denied.

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Dallas