State of the Union

[tleberle]

"We're in deep trouble. The country is in a bad way: fourteen trillion dollars in debt and growing. Citizens of Greece rioted as their country's spending reached 115% of GDP, and the state couldn't sustain it. We're on that path where we spend everything we make. With some reasonable cuts, we can grow out of debt. Here are some of the cuts I

Comments

[shorann]

Wow! I like all your points--not sure about education though. The feds have the big bucks to entice the schools to reform, so not sure that should go away? What about the elephant in the room--health care?

[tleberle]

But the federales take that money directly from the states. I'd prefer that money stay here and let the local boards decide what to do, not some guy way back east.