As the new header says the GOP just loves to cut taxes but that is the easy part. They just don’t seem to be up to the more difficult part of cutting spending, or at least cutting it where a majority in Congress will agree. They most often propose to cut entitlements as they call them. Those are things that help the average citizen along in life. Things like Social Security, food for the poor, healthcare for those who can’t afford it are near the top of the chopping block list for them.
They don’t seem to realize that we are a nation that cares for the welfare of our citizens. We, as our constitution says, promote the general welfare of our citizens. We care for each other. The ironic part of the enigma related to this is that most of the GOP claim that the US is a Christian nation. Jesus, who is the foundation of Christianity, said the two most important things in life are to love God and to love each other. It’s hard to make anyone believe we love them while at the same time stripping a safety net out from under them.
I saw something the other day that shows that for the last forty years or so the Democrats have been more fiscally responsible than the GOP. One of the biggest flaws of the GOP is that they can’t stop throwing money at our war machine, even when they don’t need it.
I came across this post from about three years ago that seems to apply to my recent posts on tiny houses and simplicity. Take a look… I think it applies more today than it did even three years ago… Click on the image below to go there.
I also see where the Republicans have recently come out with their budget proposals for the coming year. Take a look at that very little orange slice of the current budget pie to the right. That shows our current food stamp allocations. It seems that tiny slice is where they want to do the severest cuts. Part of their budget is to increase the dark blue area even more! They don’t think it is big enough yet. Please tell me how anyone can actually believe that they are serious about their budget proposal when they take the elephant in the room off the table for cuts???
By its own estimate, the government made about $100 billion in payments last year to people who may not have been entitled to receive them — tax credits to families that didn’t qualify, unemployment benefits to people who had jobs and medical payments for treatments that might not have been necessary. Congressional investigators say the figure could be even higher. 
