Read the following about the budget plans of the Republican candidates for president. What is the general theme to their proposal? Are the ideas feasible? If so, which ones and why? Which seem the least plausible and why? What difficulties would they encounter tring to pass their ideas? How might the Democrats plan differ?
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Samantha Thompson
2/13/2012 11:15:39 am
The underlying theme of the Republican budget proposal is to drastically cut federal spending, cut taxes and balance the federal budget. No, I not believe any of these ideas are feasible. I feel like a trillion dollars is a nonexistent number. Although yes, we should try to lower federal spending as much as possible, I do not think it is possible to cut federal spending a trillion dollars a year. That seems highly unlikely and not possible.Some difficulties they potentially could encounter is losing support. By cutting taxes, there will not be any necessary funds for the programs that the elderly people rely on. Our taxes also aid the military, which is vital for us to continue to be a strong superpower. By drastically cutting federal spending on programs, I feel many supporters of the Republican party will not exactly enjoy how much funds will be cut, therefore losing their vote. By cutting federal spending, unemployment rate will continue increase. Another issue that comes into play would be Congress. They have the final say in anything revolving around the budget. They will side with the voters and whatever keeps the voters happy Congress will continue to pass laws and budget proposals in favor of the people.Democrats have always spent money on funding programs. They will continue to pour money into education because it is essential for America to thrive. Without federal student aid for higher education virtually many students who require and depend on their money will likely have to drop out of school. Dropping out is a future consequence that does not end up positive. By having federal programs and projects, employment rate will increase and hopefully economic spending will grow as well.
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Christopher Rusiewicz
2/15/2012 01:22:47 pm
I see many problems with what republican, if you’re planning not cut the military budget and lower tax at the same time other thing are inevitably going to be cut. I believe this will make anyone who needs Medicare, food stamps or funding for education not about to support the republicans. In my opinion it would be beneficial to cut taxes and some programs but not what they want to cut. If we are going cut funding to programs all of them should be cut a little. The idea to not cut military and cut education, Medicare and food stamps is one of the most moronic ideas I have ever heard. If you think what that would do to an or ready bad economy, people would not able to get food stamps or Medicare or send their children to well funded schools would only worsen the economy.
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angela
2/16/2012 12:06:50 pm
The general theme to their proposal is to cut taxes, federal spending, and balance the federal budget. Difficulties that could occur would be losing support from their followers. Cutting taxes could drastically change things. It’s possible that things like the unemployment rate will continue to increase. Our taxes support the military, and our military is what helps us be a stronger country. These ideas don’t come off as “feasible” due to the fact that it’s almost as if a trillion is a made up word. Democrats have always been willing to support the educational system since it’s what our future depends on. They have high hopes for our future and plan to make it better.
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Geoff Thompson
2/16/2012 03:14:34 pm
There is no question we need to balance our federal budget. our congress and senate must make difficult and unpopular decisions to reduce spending. balancing the budget should be the goal over the next 4 years. it is unrealistic to expect a balanced budget immediately, but a process must be put into place to accomplish a balanced budget within a specific time period. any proposed budget that doesnt decrease spending dramatically propels the country quicker towards financial insolvency. the GOP candidates' proposals all have a common goal of balancing the budget and there after reducing the deficit. i agree with this approach but, like Ms. Keith, i seriously doubt that our elected officials will have the courage to risk losing their seat in congress to vote for the deep budgetary cuts necessary to accomplish what should be the goal of the country.
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Valentina Sainato
2/17/2012 06:44:06 am
The underlying theme of the Republicans' ideas is to bring the government down several notches. They believe in shrinking and cutting and reducing the government as a means of regulation and stabilization. However, while these ideas sound grand, the action of the candidates following through with them is less plausible. Our nation does need to cut down on government spending, but many of the Republicans feel the need to move about this very quickly, but do not seem to understand the long-term effects of their plans. Cutting government spending by such a large amount in such a short amount of time will likely affect many social aspects in a negative way, such as increased unemployment, a weaker military, and far less social and non-defensive programs. Romney, in particular, is in favour of cutting any program that does not have to interact with our military. However, our military is composed of a smaller portion of our nation; sacrificing all those programs may or may not necessarily be the best option, because it hits hard on a lot of citizens who depend on veterans' programs and educational plans. The Republican ideas on tax rates and government spending are like hot air balloons; they look grand and efficient in theory, but are really just full of hot air.
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Harrison Reilly
2/20/2012 06:13:17 am
The general theme of the Republican's proposal is to cut taxes and federal spending as much as they can. Their ideas may not be feasible to an extent, but some ideas are worth noting. Some forms of federal spending need to be kept, so committing to a $5 trillion cut from federal spending may be too extravagant. Programs need to be kept to keep producing jobs and products for America. The least plausible is cutting half of the non-defense spending. It could be hazardous for the american people, cutting things in the wrong places. Americans would call these men out on ignoring all non-defense items, which would turn citizen's support away from the Republicans. The Democrats would try to cut spending in defense, since it is non-essential at this point and the right thing to do is get America's economy back on track.
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Carson Tazuk
2/20/2012 03:27:27 pm
The overall theme to all the Republican candidate tax proposals is to reduce all government spending in as many ways as they can, some candidates are willing to sacrifice more than others in different sectors like military funding or aid, but are determined to cut large amounts of money from the deficit, and fast. The problem is, that each of the candidates are looking for a spending cut goal that is just way too out of reach, with cuts of 1 trillion being promised, these candidates don't look to consider the difficulties of passing these cuts that even a super-committee wasn't able to force through for the same goal over ten years. Generally, in government there are bound be to programs that are simply wasting money, so cutting certain programs is bound to be feasible, but certain programs the candidates are willing to cut into are not the right ones, like education. One main concern would be that in an attempt to re-balance the budget, our future government could make some very short-sighted choices, although this is highly possible with either a Democratic or Republican president.
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