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nostalgia1 year, 3 months ago
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I'd like to see every single government program re-evaluated
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Congress attaches sunset provisions to some programs - like the Bush tax cuts
Why shouldn't every program be treated the same?
How can government ever be efficient and effective if new programs continue to be piled on top of old programs?
"Ironically, accusations are made about the slashing of the budgets for certain programs (which is hardly the case"
LOL that's just Washington "budget speak"
They decide to increase spending on a program by 6%. Instead the increase is 4%. The next thing you know, members of Congress are running to the cameras complaining that the program is being cut!
Amazing how many voters still fall for that nonsense!
Zero based budgeting and periodic program review would go a long way to stopping this nonsense
I had a House member a number of years ago. I certainly didn't agree with him much of the time BUT he actually campaigned on NO PORK
He never brought back a dime of pork for his district and got elected term after term
Maybe they should switch to "revenue sharing" and let the states decide where to spend the money-
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wtagg1 year, 3 months ago
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I completely agree, but I think that projects like the Iraq effort are part of the government spending that many will attempt to prevent that type of management from being applied. It is a perfect example of a project being created and implemented to obtain certain requirements and goals. The information provided, for whatever reason, is bad/false/misleading/etc..., yet the creators/sponsors of the project want to continue and attempt to create another set of goals, which ironically, are needed due to the implementation of the original project (fighting a new al qaeda presence when one did not exist). Instead of the project being used to reach and obtain goals, goals are created to sustain the need for the project.
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That is horrible project management and can only lead to cost-overruns and total project failure. This is where government has failed us. This type of project management runs rampant throughout the military and social programs.
I could not agree more about the spinning of numbers that both parties take part in. Also the media has much to answer for and when I say media, I mean all media. They are all culpable. It is what allows them to generate huge amounts of income, which is not derived from bringing opposing views together, but by polarizing those views.
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