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Most Americans continue to want the federal government to focus on reducing the budget deficit rather than spending money to stimulate the national economy, a new New York Times/CBS News poll finds. Yet at the same time, most oppose some proposed solutions for decreasing it.Matthew Yglesias » As Usual, Public Wants Lower Deficit Without Cutting Spending or Raising Taxes
Maybe we should ask California how well this works
i can’t help my self.
this is what is happening in miami too. the public does not want any kind of tax increase, property or other, so the county government has to do some really nasty cut backs. i will save my stories for later. but, the public wants the same level of service. that will not happen. the mayor even wrote so in his letter to all gov employees. they will get the government they pay for, he wrote. yes they will, and i think they will not like what they see.
police and fire and teachers have incredible unions and will not face the cut backs and wage decreases, but everyone else does. but, police don’t do any extra overtime work anymore, late night drunk driving stops and check points are all but gone.
so, you do get what you pay for. and you can’t have it both ways. you want to fix the countries problems, you need to spend money, not cut back. tax cuts are not what solves a depression.
i’ll stop now. (zaney)
