Where is the apology from Congress to the American people? Why should anybody in this country tolerate such abysmal job performance from those in positions of responsibility? YOU ALL HAVE FAILED TO DO YOUR JOBS, THEREFORE YOU SHOULD FORFEIT YOUR PAYCHECKS UNTIL YOU START TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING OF MERIT. Paying you to sit there and blame the other guy is NOT going to fix the economy. Your inaction is much more poisonous than going back on some 18 year old tax pledge. GET REAL AND DO SOMETHING!
Senator Baucus - Right on!!! Now if you can get it done I say Hooray!! About time we started taking care of our country and bring our service men and women home.
Let's cut subsidies as well: Amtrak, USPS, agricultural, energy (especially green energy). Repeal Obamacare should save quite a bit. In addition to pulling out of Iraq and Afghanistan, we should also pull out of the United Nations where leaders of other nations smear our name. We could dismantle the Department of Education since education should be the responsibilities of the states. Oh, the EPA is wasting the US taxpayer an incredible amount of money too. That's a start.
Keep up the good fight, Max. Do NOT back down to Republicans attempting to continue to protect big corporations and the wealthiest American. Sleep well, knowing you are doing the right thing! Many, many of us Montanans are proud of you and stand in support of your important work on this committee!!!
Thanks for the the hard work Max. I how you are able to come up with solutions for the boomers generation's mistakes without screwing over the the younger generation to bad.
Raise taxes to match spending until spending is reduced. We need to be paying for what we are getting and people need to know what it costs. We should have never borrowed to pay for those wars, future generations now have to pay for them.
I agree with everything you said. I applaud your efforts in looking at the tough unpopular thing of cutting in programs like defense. I encourage you to read (if you haven't already) the Time Magazine article, "How to save a trillion dollars" in the April 14, 2011 issue. It's time we all put aside our selfish wants and perceived needs and do the right thing. Yes it may sting a little, but I fear the alternative of not making those tough cuts (and doing hard things like raisi
Thank you, Max. You got it exactly right. Let us add that we can cut government handouts to oil companies. They don't need a handout for doing what's profitable. Exxon reported the third quarter of record profit. Fund manager Nouriel Roubini expressed it well when he said, [Our government] "privatizes the gains while socializing the losses." Let's end socialism for the huge corporations and let them play on a level playing field with small businesses. Hang tough, Senator Baucus.
We must seriously reduce the military/industrial output. We must repeal corporate person-hood. We need to plug corporate loop holes. Finally, to really and immediatel help all of us who have been forced to partially live off of our credit cards because of the real job shortage issues, we must put a cap on credit card interest rates. I personally have 2 credit cards that charge over 24% interest. This is usuary and must be controled.
You are exactly right. Please bring our troops home today, and end this madness now. It is past time that America started taking care of America here at home.
Agreed. If we are not healthy ourselves then we have little to offer others. This includes our financial health.
Right now America has a cold. We need to stay at home and get well so that we can return to serving in an international role out of our strength rather than leveraging our credit rating.
To all who are posting here: As your fellow citizen I'd like to respectfully request that we all treat each other and our Senator with some dignity. I would love to read some constructive or informative comments on here without the personal insults and sarcasm. Thank-you.
So, what ARE you saying? Bring our troops home. Ok, then what? Cut all defense and.. build a bunch of elementary schools? Repave the freeways 5 times? How is that paying down the debt? I hear nothing new here from you
So, what ARE you saying? Bring our troops home. Ok, then what? Cut all defense and.. build a bunch of elementary schools? Repave the freeways 5 times? How is that paying down the debt?
chipping in their fair share how about you take a 40% pay cut max cut EVERY goverment program by 10% and you will balance the budget leave spending alone until the amount you in congress get paid is reduced to what and airman or army solider e-3 is paid you want to cut defense spending find get ride of the private contractors that is where %80 of the increase in denfese spending has went
Max is famous for a lot of things. Handout programs to buy future votes is one of them. Wars are expensive and unpopular. Focusing on defense cuts keeps the focus off the far more expensve social handout programs Max is so fond of. We do need to cut back and reduce spending. But the focus should start with any and all handout or subsidy programs. I do have to give Max credit though. He is sober in this video. Youtube is full of his drunken rants one the floor of the senate.
Thank you for sharing. I agree we need new taxes for those who can afford them and spending cuts. I have a question for the person who thinks we need to cut Social Security and not defense because of their pension benefits. If we take money from one benefit that is available to all citizens why shouldn't the DOD's pension benefits be put off till age 70 too? I have had family members who served during wars and I respect their sacrifice, but we've all worked hard and paid for our benefits.
Senator Baucus - Thank-you. It is good to hear that Congress is considering both spending cuts and revenue increases (taxes) as both are needed in order to solve the nation's debt and deficit problem. It is important that the super committee achieves its objectives. Automatic, indiscriminate cuts must be avoided to ensure effective Government and avoid further damage to the economy. We must invest in education and technology to build a new American economic base from which we can prosper.
As you/I know and as Leon Panetta has explained in public comment there is little he can do to reduce DOD expenditures because of the size of DOD's pension benefits. Given that case our only recourse is to pull out of Iraq, Afghanistan, Germany, Japan, Korea and countless other locations around the world. We must also scale back Obamacare and extend the start of Social Security retirement benefits to age 70. My friend. Our nation is nearing bankruptcy. We need meat axes. PLEASE GET REAL!
Senator Baucus, as most experts (across all factions of the political spectrum) have agreed, spending is our biggest issue, not extracting more revenue. This idea of 'fair share' is so over-used and cliche, people start to tune out, especially those of us who are paying at the top tax rates as it is.
The best thing we can hear from the Senate committee is its plan on reducing spending FIRST. Once that news comes out, investment will come back and revenues will grow.
What BS is he talking. We are BROKE.
pnovak69 4 weeks ago
Where is the apology from Congress to the American people? Why should anybody in this country tolerate such abysmal job performance from those in positions of responsibility? YOU ALL HAVE FAILED TO DO YOUR JOBS, THEREFORE YOU SHOULD FORFEIT YOUR PAYCHECKS UNTIL YOU START TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING OF MERIT. Paying you to sit there and blame the other guy is NOT going to fix the economy. Your inaction is much more poisonous than going back on some 18 year old tax pledge. GET REAL AND DO SOMETHING!
Muzzy337 3 months ago
Senator Baucus - Right on!!! Now if you can get it done I say Hooray!! About time we started taking care of our country and bring our service men and women home.
MTgirltube 3 months ago
Senator Baucus,
Let's cut subsidies as well: Amtrak, USPS, agricultural, energy (especially green energy). Repeal Obamacare should save quite a bit. In addition to pulling out of Iraq and Afghanistan, we should also pull out of the United Nations where leaders of other nations smear our name. We could dismantle the Department of Education since education should be the responsibilities of the states. Oh, the EPA is wasting the US taxpayer an incredible amount of money too. That's a start.
squazzieusa 4 months ago
Keep up the good fight, Max. Do NOT back down to Republicans attempting to continue to protect big corporations and the wealthiest American. Sleep well, knowing you are doing the right thing! Many, many of us Montanans are proud of you and stand in support of your important work on this committee!!!
cc1654 4 months ago
Thanks for the the hard work Max. I how you are able to come up with solutions for the boomers generation's mistakes without screwing over the the younger generation to bad.
SpacedSnake 4 months ago
Raise taxes to match spending until spending is reduced. We need to be paying for what we are getting and people need to know what it costs. We should have never borrowed to pay for those wars, future generations now have to pay for them.
SpacedSnake 4 months ago
Hi Senator Baucus,
I agree with everything you said. I applaud your efforts in looking at the tough unpopular thing of cutting in programs like defense. I encourage you to read (if you haven't already) the Time Magazine article, "How to save a trillion dollars" in the April 14, 2011 issue. It's time we all put aside our selfish wants and perceived needs and do the right thing. Yes it may sting a little, but I fear the alternative of not making those tough cuts (and doing hard things like raisi
mattmel2003 4 months ago
Thank you, Max. You got it exactly right. Let us add that we can cut government handouts to oil companies. They don't need a handout for doing what's profitable. Exxon reported the third quarter of record profit. Fund manager Nouriel Roubini expressed it well when he said, [Our government] "privatizes the gains while socializing the losses." Let's end socialism for the huge corporations and let them play on a level playing field with small businesses. Hang tough, Senator Baucus.
treefarmerMT 4 months ago
We must seriously reduce the military/industrial output. We must repeal corporate person-hood. We need to plug corporate loop holes. Finally, to really and immediatel help all of us who have been forced to partially live off of our credit cards because of the real job shortage issues, we must put a cap on credit card interest rates. I personally have 2 credit cards that charge over 24% interest. This is usuary and must be controled.
Thanks for your efforts.
motsk327 4 months ago
Thank you Senator Baucus.
You are exactly right. Please bring our troops home today, and end this madness now. It is past time that America started taking care of America here at home.
AugustWashington 4 months ago
Agreed. If we are not healthy ourselves then we have little to offer others. This includes our financial health.
Right now America has a cold. We need to stay at home and get well so that we can return to serving in an international role out of our strength rather than leveraging our credit rating.
cerahmicah 4 months ago
To all who are posting here: As your fellow citizen I'd like to respectfully request that we all treat each other and our Senator with some dignity. I would love to read some constructive or informative comments on here without the personal insults and sarcasm. Thank-you.
MrOttoBahn 4 months ago
So, what ARE you saying? Bring our troops home. Ok, then what? Cut all defense and.. build a bunch of elementary schools? Repave the freeways 5 times? How is that paying down the debt? I hear nothing new here from you
cynthiaaknox1 4 months ago
So, what ARE you saying? Bring our troops home. Ok, then what? Cut all defense and.. build a bunch of elementary schools? Repave the freeways 5 times? How is that paying down the debt?
cynthiaaknox1 4 months ago
chipping in their fair share how about you take a 40% pay cut max cut EVERY goverment program by 10% and you will balance the budget leave spending alone until the amount you in congress get paid is reduced to what and airman or army solider e-3 is paid you want to cut defense spending find get ride of the private contractors that is where %80 of the increase in denfese spending has went
leppy1975 4 months ago
You are right. Thank you Senator Baucus.Your father John would be proud.
commandorando123 4 months ago
Max is famous for a lot of things. Handout programs to buy future votes is one of them. Wars are expensive and unpopular. Focusing on defense cuts keeps the focus off the far more expensve social handout programs Max is so fond of. We do need to cut back and reduce spending. But the focus should start with any and all handout or subsidy programs. I do have to give Max credit though. He is sober in this video. Youtube is full of his drunken rants one the floor of the senate.
Horlok1 4 months ago
Thank you for sharing. I agree we need new taxes for those who can afford them and spending cuts. I have a question for the person who thinks we need to cut Social Security and not defense because of their pension benefits. If we take money from one benefit that is available to all citizens why shouldn't the DOD's pension benefits be put off till age 70 too? I have had family members who served during wars and I respect their sacrifice, but we've all worked hard and paid for our benefits.
HOLLYRUMPH 4 months ago
Senator Baucus - Thank-you. It is good to hear that Congress is considering both spending cuts and revenue increases (taxes) as both are needed in order to solve the nation's debt and deficit problem. It is important that the super committee achieves its objectives. Automatic, indiscriminate cuts must be avoided to ensure effective Government and avoid further damage to the economy. We must invest in education and technology to build a new American economic base from which we can prosper.
MrOttoBahn 4 months ago
Thanks Max for telling it as it is! As a taxpayer and Montana business owner, I appreciate your efforts in the Senate! Keep up the good work!
Earthlightswellness 4 months ago
As you/I know and as Leon Panetta has explained in public comment there is little he can do to reduce DOD expenditures because of the size of DOD's pension benefits. Given that case our only recourse is to pull out of Iraq, Afghanistan, Germany, Japan, Korea and countless other locations around the world. We must also scale back Obamacare and extend the start of Social Security retirement benefits to age 70. My friend. Our nation is nearing bankruptcy. We need meat axes. PLEASE GET REAL!
093244989 4 months ago
Senator Baucus, as most experts (across all factions of the political spectrum) have agreed, spending is our biggest issue, not extracting more revenue. This idea of 'fair share' is so over-used and cliche, people start to tune out, especially those of us who are paying at the top tax rates as it is.
The best thing we can hear from the Senate committee is its plan on reducing spending FIRST. Once that news comes out, investment will come back and revenues will grow.
mkbanville 4 months ago