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--------- #1440 - The top government priorities:
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- What are the top priorities for government, federal, state, local and “we the people” that our representatives in government need to accomplish .
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----------------------------- 1 - Eliminate deficit spending
----------------------------- 2 - Get us out of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
------------------------------ 3- Create jobs to reduce unemployment to under 4% and see that all returning soldiers get into universities or into full employment.
----------------------------- 4 -Implement a comprehensive “all of the above” energy plan for national security and improved economy.
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---------------------------- 1 - Eliminate the deficit spending:
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--------------------------------------------- $Trillions ------------------ $ Billions
---------------------------------------Income --------Spending --------- Deficit
--------------- 1998 --------------- 1.72 ----------- 1.65 ------------- 69
--CLINTON -1999 --------------- 1.83 ----------- 1.70 ------------- 126
--------------- 2000 --------------- 2.03 ----------- 1.79 ------------- 236
--------------- 2001 --------------- 1.99 ----------- 1.86 ------------- 127
---BUSH- - 2002 --------------- 1.85 ----------- 2.01 ------------- -158
--------------- 2003 --------------- 1.78 ----------- 2.16 ------------- -375
--------------- 2004 --------------- 1.88 ----------- 2.92 ------------- -412
--------------- 2005 --------------- 2.15 ----------- 2.47 ------------- -318
-----BUSH-- 2006 --------------- 2.41 ----------- 2.66 ------------- -248
--------------- 2007 --------------- 2.57 ----------- 2.73 ------------- -162
--------------- 2008 --------------- 2.52 ----------- 2.98 ------------- -459
--------------- 2009 --------------- 2.16 ----------- 4.00 ------------- -1,841
---OBAMA--2010 --------------- 2.33 ----------- 3.59 ------------- -1,258
--------------- 2011 --------------- 2.17 ----------- 3.82 -------- -1.650
--------------- 2012 --------------- 2.63 ----------- 3.71 ---- -1.100
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- Obama has nearly doubled the spending and doubled the deficit. Our President is fiscally irresponsible along with our Congress that gives him the money to spend. Note that deficits started after September 11, 2001 and have not stopped growing.
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- Looking at the data. Congress should have had the backbone to declare war. And, to put the funding for the war on the budget. And, then have the will to control the budget.
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------------------------------ 2 - Get us out of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The definition of “out” is no treasury or casualties in these countries that changes to 100% diplomatic State Department activity.
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--------------------------------------IRAQ WAR -----//--AFGHANISTAN WAR
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-------------------------------KILLED ---- TOTAL --//-- KILLED -- TOTAL
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--------------- 2001 ---------- 0 ----------- 0 ------//------- 12 --------- 12
-----BUSH-- 2002 ---------- 0 ----------- 0 ------//------- 49 -------- 61
--------------- 2003 ---------- 486 -------- 486 ----//--------48 -------- 109
--------------- 2004 ---------- 849 ------- 1,135 ----//----- 52---------- 161
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--------------- 2005 ---------- 846 ------ 2,181 ------//---- 99 --------- 260
----BUSH-- 2006 ---------- 823 ------ 3,004 ------//---- 98 ------ --- 358
--------------- 2007 ---------- 904 ------- 3,908 ------//--- 117 -------- 475
--------------- 2008 ---------- 314 ------ 4,220 ------//--- 155 -------- 630
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--------------- 2009 ---------- 149------- 4,371 ------//---- 317 -------- 947
--OBAMA-- 2010 ----------- 60------- 4,431 ------//----- 499 ------- 1,446
--------------- 2011 -------- 54 ----- 4,485 --//-------418 ------- 1,864
--------------- 2012 ------ 1 ------- 4,486 --//------- 54 ------- 1,918
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- The total killed in combat is 4,486 in Iraq plus 31,935 wounded,
and 1,918 killed plus 9,971 wounded in Afghanistan. Nearly 50,000 causalities in 11 years of combat.
- End the war in Afghanistan. We are spending $ 1 Billion per day without results. The Russians battled there for 15 years and their army was very brutal, without any results.
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- Then release private industry to have jobs for all the 130,000 young men and women coming home.
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------------------------------ 3- Create jobs to reduce unemployment to under 4% and see that all returning soldiers get into universities or into full employment.
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- Eliminate the huge trade deficit. We are raking up year after year hundreds of
billions in negative trade balances. This has to stop. We should not listen to the
corporations if they tell us it is good if the dollar loses on value because the
exports are easier. We are losing our wealth when the dollar loses value.
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- Added to the same table the last 2 columns include the total National Debt growing to $17 trillion that is over 100% of our Gross National Product. The debt exceeds a year’s worth of national production. We have to pay the interest every year until the debt is paid off. This is a financial crisis!!!! Printing money means we can pay off the loan with cheaper dollars. However, we just pay in a different way with higher prices for gasoline and other inflated prices.
-------------------------INCOME - SPENDING - DEFICEIT - DEBT - % GDP
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--------------- 1998 ----- 1.72 ---- 1.65 ---------- 69
-CLINTON- 1999 ----- 1.83 --- 1.70 --------- 126
--------------- 2000 ----- 2.03 -----1.79 --------- 236 -------- 5.63 ------ 58%
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--------------- 2001 ----- 1.99 ---- 1.86 -------- 127
----BUSH---- 2002 ----- 1.85 ---- 2.01 -------- -158
--------------- 2003 ----- 1.78 ---- 2.16 -------- -375
--------------- 2004 ----- 1.88 ---- 2.92 -------- -412
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--------------- 2005 ----- 2.15 ----- 2.47 -------- -318
-----BUSH--- 2006 ----- 2.41 ----- 2.66 -------- -248
--------------- 2007 ----- 2.57 ------ 2.73 -------- -162----------------- 64%
--------------- 2008 ----- 2.52 ----- 2.98 -------- -459 ------ 9.99 ---- 70%
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--------------- 2009 ----- 2.16 ----- 4.00 -------- -1,841 ----12.87 ----90%
---OBAMA- 2010 ----- 2.33 ------ 3.59 ------- -1,258 ----14.46 ----98%
--------------- 2011 ---- 2.17 ------- 3.82 ------- -1.650 --- 15.5 -- 103%
--------------- 2012 ---- 2.63 ------- 3.71 ------- -1.100 --- 16.7 ----105%
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- The yearly debt climbed to $1,000 billion from $5.6 billion in the year 2000. And , since Obama it has grown to over $16 trillion in 2012. From 58% of GDP to 105% GDP.
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----------------------------- 4 -Implement a comprehensive “all of the above” energy plan for national security and improved economy.
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- Become strong again in manufacturing goods and don’t become a country of
bankers and financial services. An example is Britain. They used to be the
leaders in technology and manufacturing and now they produce almost nothing
anymore. Their country is the pits and over the past 40 years their currency has
lost 80% in value against the other European currencies. The dollar has
lost 60%. So, we are not far behind. A bad sign is that the majority of
graduates of our leading universities are headed into financial services while
sciences are losing out. Also, we produce fewer science graduates than India,
China, or Europe. We have to create value and stopping pushing money around.
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4) Invest in energy technologies. This is our opportunity to eliminate our dependency
on foreign oil. We can become world leaders in clean oil and gas, safe nuclear, safe hydrogen, solar, wind and storage technologies. “all of the above”.
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- Market driven technology with government assistance limited to basic R&D. Government needs to change from controlling business to supporting business. Remove barriers, reduce taxes, encourage businesses to make more profits, pay more taxes, and hire more people. Especially support returning GI’s with education, training, jobs, and starting new businesses.
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- Government Departments at the State and Federal level MUST stop trying to control business and society. Department employments MUST be reduced from 10,000’s to less than 100. They should be “marketing departments” that assists states and local government with communications, education, best practices, and selling good ideas that help achieve goals. Share tools and ideas found in other states or in other countries. Provide the measures that are standards, reward merit with praise not money. Federal Departments of Education, Agriculture, Interior, and others should have no mandates to enforce, no money to extort, no power to control, only to presuade.
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