If the federal government was pruned back to the very limited powers granted to it by the United States Constitution and all the unconstitutional federal alphabet agencies were defunded and eliminated, how long would it take, given our present level of taxation, to wipe out the debt?
If the federal government was pruned back to the very limited powers granted to it by the United States Constitution and all the unconstitutional federal alphabet agencies were defunded and eliminated, how long would it take, given our present level of taxation, to wipe out the debt?
Speaking to Congress in February 1981, Reagan said: A few weeks ago I called such a figure, a trillion dollars [the current debt then], incomprehensible, and IтАЩve been trying ever since to think of a way to illustrate how big a trillion really is. And the best I could come up with is that if you had a stack of thousand-dollar bills in your hand only 4 inches high, youтАЩd be a millionaire. A trillion dollars would be a stack of thousand-dollar bills 67 miles high.
And that's just a trillion. Our debt is around 34.4 trillion now and it increases about 1 trillion every 100 days. So if a trillion dollar stack of bills is 67 miles high, 34.4 trillion is a stack that is almost 2,305 miles high. Unimaginable.
The GOP 2024 platform removed addressing the debt ceiling. No mention of eliminating agencies, like the DOE. Only one point addressed federal spending and it is one we have heard for 40 years "Rein in Wasteful Federal Spending". Also included is "rebuilding our cities, including DC, making them safe, clean and beautiful again" as if that's the Feds job.
-- a rabid revision would require an army of like-thinking intellectual and social "soldiers"
-- The existing managing structure of EVERY agency in the US Gov.(starting with the intelligence agencies-- 20 some?) would need simultaneous removal, forceful, out one day and no access to their building thereafter.
-- the new "army" would replace a large fraction of the top spots and lower level employees left from the purge, would be interviewed to prove their worth and loyalty to retain jobs.
-- Some agencies would be scrapped outright. If I WERE KING(! Ha, no chance) that would be these, as examples: Education, HHS, FBI, CIA. . . you get the picture CIA and FBI would be replaced by new agencies.
-- The president would have direct control over Fed. agencies but with DIRECT oversight by a special committee in House.
-- NO Fed. Employee would be allowed to take a job in industry associated with his previous job in gov.
-- No Fed. employee could take money from corporate PAC's or non-citizen orgs. Lobbying would be gone except by citizens' groups.
-- The Supremes would no longer be elected for life.
-- Term limits max of 4 for Congress; 20 years for the Supremes; 3 for president.
Because it WOULD take something this radical, Dr Malone's point below is correct: It's too late.
If the federal government was pruned back to the very limited powers granted to it by the United States Constitution and all the unconstitutional federal alphabet agencies were defunded and eliminated, how long would it take, given our present level of taxation, to wipe out the debt?
I think we may have crossed the threshold of the point of no return
Speaking to Congress in February 1981, Reagan said: A few weeks ago I called such a figure, a trillion dollars [the current debt then], incomprehensible, and IтАЩve been trying ever since to think of a way to illustrate how big a trillion really is. And the best I could come up with is that if you had a stack of thousand-dollar bills in your hand only 4 inches high, youтАЩd be a millionaire. A trillion dollars would be a stack of thousand-dollar bills 67 miles high.
And that's just a trillion. Our debt is around 34.4 trillion now and it increases about 1 trillion every 100 days. So if a trillion dollar stack of bills is 67 miles high, 34.4 trillion is a stack that is almost 2,305 miles high. Unimaginable.
Wow.
I has crossed my mind that they might тАЬgiveтАЭ this election to Trump, so he will be blamed for the downfall.
The GOP 2024 platform removed addressing the debt ceiling. No mention of eliminating agencies, like the DOE. Only one point addressed federal spending and it is one we have heard for 40 years "Rein in Wasteful Federal Spending". Also included is "rebuilding our cities, including DC, making them safe, clean and beautiful again" as if that's the Feds job.
Well think of what that would take Jack.
I was just yesterday. . . my ruminations. . .
-- a rabid revision would require an army of like-thinking intellectual and social "soldiers"
-- The existing managing structure of EVERY agency in the US Gov.(starting with the intelligence agencies-- 20 some?) would need simultaneous removal, forceful, out one day and no access to their building thereafter.
-- the new "army" would replace a large fraction of the top spots and lower level employees left from the purge, would be interviewed to prove their worth and loyalty to retain jobs.
-- Some agencies would be scrapped outright. If I WERE KING(! Ha, no chance) that would be these, as examples: Education, HHS, FBI, CIA. . . you get the picture CIA and FBI would be replaced by new agencies.
-- The president would have direct control over Fed. agencies but with DIRECT oversight by a special committee in House.
-- NO Fed. Employee would be allowed to take a job in industry associated with his previous job in gov.
-- No Fed. employee could take money from corporate PAC's or non-citizen orgs. Lobbying would be gone except by citizens' groups.
-- The Supremes would no longer be elected for life.
-- Term limits max of 4 for Congress; 20 years for the Supremes; 3 for president.
Because it WOULD take something this radical, Dr Malone's point below is correct: It's too late.