Worried

I know I'm not alone. Millions worry. Too many are unemployed or under-employed. Too many are unable to meet their obligations.

These past three weeks have been focused on our debt and spending as a nation. Beyond the ugly of the politics and posturing, the truth is the numbers are beyond our full understanding.

One revelation I discovered lately. When they say "cut", they are not eliminating an expense. They are reducing the increase scheduled.

The government has a built in 8% increase in all "line items" in OUR budget. The word cut means they are reducing the increase. They are not reducing or eliminating an expense like you and I do within our household budgets.

I am not talking about not paying our military. I am not talking about not paying our obligations such as medicare providers, social security recipients. I am talking about reducing all cabinet budgets like education. I am talking reducing wages. I am talking freezing all salaries. I am talking examining "travel" expenses and compensations.

Where is that candidate who promised to take a scalper to the costs of government?

'til later

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