What Federal Programs

Just curious...

Question: What Federal Program(s) would you cut if you were given the magic 'red' pen and why?

For me I'd first cut foreign aid namely the two wars we are in and bring the troops home and all the money being used to run those wars...imagine the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ saved each day, month, year...that's where my 'red' pen would start.

So what would you cut if you had the magic 'red' pen??????

Trooper posted this up a while back. I stand by my responses.

http://www.politicalnecrosis.com/national-issues-f4/cut-or-keep-t490.htm

Cutting foreign aid sounds like a nice idea until you realize what a damn mess some parts of the world are and how much they rely on our 'table scraps'. I wonder how many scenes like this are prevented by USA wheat and medical aid?

ScottyP wrote:

Cutting foreign aid sounds like a nice idea until you realize what a damn mess some parts of the world are and how much they rely on our 'table scraps'. I wonder how many scenes like this are prevented by USA wheat and medical aid?

Did that child get saved or was he vulture meat because our foreign aid was used to arm the warlords that are currently receiving America's indiscriminate rain of cash?

I would start with reforming all the programs that FDR introduced things like social security, and eventually I would get rid of them. The Department of Education would be one I would get rid of, education should be left to the states not the federal govt. I have some others that I would like to get rid of but can't think of them off the top of my head.

k2muskie wrote:

Just curious...

Question: What Federal Program(s) would you cut if you were given the magic 'red' pen and why?

For me I'd first cut foreign aid namely the two wars we are in and bring the troops home and all the money being used to run those wars...imagine the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ saved each day, month, year...that's where my 'red' pen would start.

So what would you cut if you had the magic 'red' pen??????

You’re still bunched up about a war, and the Hugobamachez administration has already spent more than every President of The United States combined to further his socialist agenda. Point your outrage in the right direction k2. How about you start asking some serious questions about all the money Bo has vaporized trying to stimulate the economy and bailing everyone out. Ever heard of AIG? Did you already forget about the bailouts and pseudo-economic-stimulus?

I say we finish the war. Let the devil dogs do their job by killing every last enemy to America on foreign soil instead of here in the homeland. You just don't get it do you...we either kill them there, or we will be killing them here. Take your pick. So, you suggest we defund the war? And then what, will our enemies simply thank us for going home and leave us alone?

If I had the magic red pen I'd call upon the IRS to audit you for the next 10 years running, because you're not paying attention to the fact that Bo, and Congress, are cashing enormous checks from a country that's already bankrupt.

One last thought, after we make deep spending cuts everywhere else, I support funding to close our borders down using military might.

http://www.politicalnecrosis.com/national-issues-f4/cut-or-keep-t490.htm

fatbass made some good points.

huntingbuddy wrote:

The Department of Education would be one I would get rid of, education should be left to the states not the federal govt.

I agree with you here, but other people would tell you that you don't care about the education of our children.

That's a tough one to cut for that reason alone. There are not many people in the world that could debate for cutting that funding in a logical manner, when most people will argue for keeping the funding based on their emotions and feelings.

Lets start with these programs

http://www.usnews.com/news/washington-whispers/articles/2011/01/20/house-gop-lists-25-trillion-in-spending-cuts

Additional Program Eliminations/Spending Reforms

Corporation for Public Broadcasting Subsidy. $445 million annual savings.

Save America's Treasures Program. $25 million annual savings.

International Fund for Ireland. $17 million annual savings.

Legal Services Corporation. $420 million annual savings.

National Endowment for the Arts. $167.5 million annual savings.

National Endowment for the Humanities. $167.5 million annual savings.

Hope VI Program. $250 million annual savings.

Amtrak Subsidies. $1.565 billion annual savings.

Eliminate duplicative education programs. H.R. 2274 (in last Congress), authored by Rep. McKeon, eliminates 68 at a savings of $1.3 billion annually.

U.S. Trade Development Agency. $55 million annual savings.

Woodrow Wilson Center Subsidy. $20 million annual savings.

Cut in half funding for congressional printing and binding. $47 million annual savings.

John C. Stennis Center Subsidy. $430,000 annual savings.

Community Development Fund. $4.5 billion annual savings.

Heritage Area Grants and Statutory Aid. $24 million annual savings.

Cut Federal Travel Budget in Half. $7.5 billion annual savings.

Trim Federal Vehicle Budget by 20%. $600 million annual savings.

Essential Air Service. $150 million annual savings.

Technology Innovation Program. $70 million annual savings.

Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program. $125 million annual savings.

Department of Energy Grants to States for Weatherization. $530 million annual savings.

Beach Replenishment. $95 million annual savings.

New Starts Transit. $2 billion annual savings.

Exchange Programs for Alaska, Natives Native Hawaiians, and Their Historical Trading Partners in Massachusetts. $9 million annual savings.

Intercity and High Speed Rail Grants. $2.5 billion annual savings.

Title X Family Planning. $318 million annual savings.

Appalachian Regional Commission. $76 million annual savings.

Economic Development Administration. $293 million annual savings.

Programs under the National and Community Services Act. $1.15 billion annual savings.

Applied Research at Department of Energy. $1.27 billion annual savings.

FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership. $200 million annual savings.

Energy Star Program. $52 million annual savings.

Economic Assistance to Egypt. $250 million annually.

U.S. Agency for International Development. $1.39 billion annual savings.

General Assistance to District of Columbia. $210 million annual savings.

Subsidy for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. $150 million annual savings.

Presidential Campaign Fund. $775 million savings over ten years.

No funding for federal office space acquisition. $864 million annual savings.

End prohibitions on competitive sourcing of government services.

Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act. More than $1 billion annually.

IRS Direct Deposit: Require the IRS to deposit fees for some services it offers (such as processing payment plans for taxpayers) to the Treasury, instead of allowing it to remain as part of its budget. $1.8 billion savings over ten years.

Require collection of unpaid taxes by federal employees. $1 billion total savings.

Prohibit taxpayer funded union activities by federal employees. $1.2 billion savings over ten years.

Sell excess federal properties the government does not make use of. $15 billion total savings.

Eliminate death gratuity for Members of Congress.

Eliminate Mohair Subsidies. $1 million annual savings.

Eliminate taxpayer subsidies to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. $12.5 million annual savings.

Eliminate Market Access Program. $200 million annual savings.

USDA Sugar Program. $14 million annual savings.

Subsidy to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). $93 million annual savings.

Eliminate the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program. $56.2 million annual savings.

Eliminate fund for Obamacare administrative costs. $900 million savings.

Ready to Learn TV Program. $27 million savings.

HUD Ph.D. Program.

Deficit Reduction Check-Off Act.

TOTAL SAVINGS: $2.5 Trillion over Ten Years

I like it Yonni. How long did it take to compile that list? You must be an accountant at heart.

luv2fsh&hnt wrote:

I like it Yonni. How long did it take to compile that list? You must be an accountant at heart.

LoL Cut and paste from the above article....

After today's news of the EPA upping the maximum allowable level of ethanol in gasoline from 10% to 15%, they're definitely on my list of programs to cut for more than just the reason of ethanol.

I would completely get rid of the EPA, the ESA, the entire federal education program, ALL farm subsidies, ALL foreign aid, put a freeze on EVERY other 'entitlement' program while looking at ways to eliminate or reduce by a MINIMUM of 50%. I would close EVERY military base on foreign soil, and I would pull all military personnel home. I would legalize drugs/prostitution, I would end the recognition of marriage by the government leaving this between consenting adults and leaving the government completely out of it. I would eliminate all intrusions into the private sector and eliminate regulations that stifle economic growth. That is just for starters.

I'm gonna add NPR to the list, here's their own guy going on record to say that they don't really need it, and would be better off journalistically without it.

That's 90 MILLION according to his own words...

Here's the link.......

http://dailycaller.com/2011/03/08/npr-executives-caught-on-tape-bashing-conservatives-and-tea-party-touting-liberals/print/