Sen. Rand Paul introduces $200B in spending cuts

Sen. Rand Paul introduces amendment to save taxpayers $200 billion.

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[runr100]

@modette99 Education doesn't need your money or anyone else's. Education receives anywhere from $6K-$12K/ student, the highest spending in the world, and yet it still fails miserably. The solution is not more money but less bureaucracy. Students and parents must "vote" with their money.

[narnianhero]

$200 billion is better, but still vastly inadequate. Please cut more programs I won't fuss no matter what the cuts are as long as they are significant.

[runr100]

@N33DL3R Yes, this has been tried, and it works beautifully. The Sierra Club or any private organization with environmental goals would undoubtably manage a national park better than the US govt- it's not difficult to improve upon the wasteful spending and species extinction rate at the national parks! Any organization that gets funds only if it keeps a park clean (ie a private one that generates revenue through admission tickets) would be likely to manage it well.

[runr100]

@ThatOneKid4242 Once government gets your public school funds, it will use them to feed its bureaucracy. Money talks, and your money can't talk once it is removed from your hands and out of your control. I agree that we need a better education system, but your responsibility for your education really falls on you. Like me, you will probably need to homeschool yourself, even if you remain in public school. Mises.org is a great economics site. MITopencourseware is great for physics. Good luck

[N33DL3R]

Maybe they can sell national parks to corporations.

[ThatOneKid4242]

@runr100 I agree. I am a High School student, and I believe that we need MORE class time. We need to be getting the bang for our buck. I pay taxes, I want a better education! I want an education that will push me beyond my limits, so that I actually struggle in class, not get an "A" grade in honors physics!

[adulby]

Someone who cares on Congress.

[Pomiferous]

@narnianhero 200 billion in cuts on a 1 and a half trillion deficit does sound trivial.The zeroes are just too staggering to count up in any sort of real fashion.Spinning the figures is just getting way out of hand.

[Pomiferous]

@modette99 Miracles are possible, we have a point to agree on.Is the fair tax the one where you get taxed on what you spend with no write offs and deductions ? I do like the sound of that one.Eliminate all the bull shit deductions and let the feds get a cut of each transaction.We will see how many season tickets and sky boxes are sold when the tax write off gets yanked from the process.

[modette99]

@Pomiferous But we should not be a policed world...what happens in Iran, Libya and many other countries is not our concern or problem. The State Department should also be cut back...CIA, FBI, Home Land should all be combined as they over lap anyways and thus cut back. A fair tax, and thus doing away with the IRS. Like I said you can cut Trillions a year from spending. I've seen the wasteful spending first hand at our US Embassies...$5K office chairs only to have the Ambassador not want it.

[Pomiferous]

@modette99 I'm saying it's a bit peculiar you want to decrease the military budget by 2/3 and make no mention of cut backs for other government agencies.For the sake of equality why not give each department the same percent roll back.An unpoliced World does not sound like much of a paradise either.