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Originally Posted by Mkelcy
I agree there's a lot of government waste but most of what people are talking about here (Solyndra, Obama phones, Medicare disability payments) is down in the budgetary noise.
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It is EXACTLY this sort of thinking that has gotten the US into the mess it is in. Nothing in the way of spending seems to be "important enough" to look at. It's ONLY 3 billion for this -- or ONLY 100 billion for that... nothing really very important.
I ask you --- is this the way you run your budget? Nothing ever gets a look -- every dime going out is absolutely necessary? You never try to revisit
any expense to see if there are some savings to be had?
Now -- if you tell me that you can't cut your house payment - you can't possibly cut your TWO or THREE car payments - you can't do without electricity and water or dinner out ONLY one night a week... I might understand...
...BUT you're coming to me and asking me to pay for those items aren't you? And since I don't pay enough - you're okay with that 'cause you'll just borrow it (at my expense) from someone else... and then while you're at it -- what the hell -- going out 2 nights a week just isn't that big of an extra expense - so why not. And when you fail at controlling your expenses -- you should have no conscience telling me that I owe you more...Why? Because I have extra and you pissed yours all away.
WOW.... is all I have to say about that way of thinking.
