Debt

The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I, therefore, intend to oppose the effort to increase America's debt.

Barack Obama - source: brainyquotes.com

Government should not be spending more than it takes in unless in an emergency. If the government was a business, it would have been bankrupt a long time ago.  Any entity - business, individual, government - that has too much debt on top of massive future unfunded liabilities is heading toward a major economic catastrophe.

Federal program should be prioritized and some that don't make the cut get defunded. If a government believes that certain programs are priorities that didn't get the funding in a previous year, the government should shift funds from a less priority or a program that is very inefficient.

Senator Obama was right when he stated that raising the debt limit is a failure of leadership. The problem is that President Obama does not care about reckless spending and is a failure as a leader.




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Reversing federal growth

"I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground: That 'all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States or to the people.' To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specially drawn around the powers of Congress, is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible of any definition." Thomas Jefferson 1791

I agree with Jefferson's assessment that the 10th amendment, as quoted above, is the bedrock of the Bill of Rights and the foundation of the Constitution. The Constitution and especially the Bill of Rights were founded on the basis that the federal government does certain specific things and the rest belong to the states to run as they see fit.

Today, it is the reverse and our country is suffering because the federal government has taken too much power that was meant for the states. My proposal is for the federal government to eliminate certain cabinet departments - education, energy, HHS, HUD, and Commerce - along with the EPA. These departments and agencies are infringing on the rights of American citizens and a federal intrusion into areas that the states should run.

"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty, than those attending too small a degree of it." Thomas Jefferson,  Letter to Archibald Stuart, Philadelphia (23 December 1791).