1. The U.S. debt is currently over $21 trillion dollars. It has increased over $1 trillion dollars a year since 2007. In order to decrease our debt, we must cut from our discretionary spending. How much money is your administration going to cut from our discretionary spending if elected? How will this benefit the United States? Are there consequences to your decision?
My group has discussed to cut over 6 trillion dollars in military spending, education, training, employment, and transportation. Cutting from all these will help us utilize our money more towards stuff we need to focus on like making college education free or cheaper.
2. What programs do you believe are necessary to cut or decrease spending for in order to decrease our debt? Explain why cutting from these programs is necessary.
Before turning to the main argument — cutting the military budget — two common objections are worth addressing. One says that because the military budget is economically sustainable, it should not cause concern. It is 3.1 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and 15 percent of federal spending, which is far less than entitlement spending.Those looking to reduce deficits should find better targets, so the argument goes.
3. In 2001, our National Defense Budget was $280 billion dollars. After the attacks on September 11th, we have seen our defense budget continue to grow. Our National Defense budget is currently over $700 billion dollars. Do you plan to increase, decrease or maintain this budget? Make sure to explain your reasoning.
I personally believe we should decrease foreign national defense but I would like to increase our spending on homeland national defense.
4. Social Security provides benefits to over 47 million retired Americans and their families. There is concern that overtime as more and more collect, the reserve will run out. Do you believe that the age to collect Social Security should be raised from 65? Explain your answer.
No because it would cost us more money and overtime the money builds up, therefore it will put us in even more debt then we already are.
5. Medicare provides benefits to over 55 million retired Americans and their families. There is concern that this mandatory spending is continuing to prevent us from decreasing our debt. Do you believe that the age to receive Medicare should be raised from 65 in order to save the U.S. money? Explain your answer.
No i don't because everyone deserves to have affordable healthcare. No difference between someone who is 32 or 67. Even if this is running up our debt it is money that is necessary to spend on the people of america.
6. The 1961 Foreign Assistance Act is defined as “the unilateral transfers of U.S. resources by the U.S. Government to or for the benefit of foreign entities.” These resources include not just goods and funding, but also technical assistance, educational programming, humanitarian aid, military aid and services and other health services. More than 200 countries receive foreign aid, but most goes disproportionately to a few such as Afghanistan. Our foreign aid rose dramatically after September 11th and is projected to be approximately 53.3 billion dollars. Does your administration plan to cut from foreign aid? Explain how much and why or why not.
Yes we plan to cut from foreign aid. We want to cut from foreign aid because we feel it is necessary to spend more money on our country. For example spending money on the students who can’t afford college. We could make colleges and universities affordable for our people of the United States.
7. The most revenue generated by the United States comes from collecting Income Taxes from our citizens. The U.S. follows a Progressive Tax System in which the tax rate increases as the amount taxable increases. Do you believe it will be necessary to raise taxes on our citizens in order to help alleviate our nation’s staggering debt? Explain.
No it shouldn’t be necessary to raise taxes on our citizens. It shouldn’t be the citizens problem. The governments of each city should all think of a solution to raise money without increasing taxes.
8. Over $2.1 trillion dollars of our debt can be credited to the War on Terror that began after the September 11th attacks. The U.S. is projected to spend another $46.3 billion dollars in Afghanistan in 2019. Would your administration decrease this amount if elected? Does your decision pose a threat to our national security? Explain.
We should decrease the budget in afghanistan because it’s a lost cause and we’ve already spent over trillions of dollars on a war that will never be won. It could possibly pose a threat to national security but if we stop spending money there and withdraw our troops it won’t seem as if we want to keep fighting.
My group has discussed to cut over 6 trillion dollars in military spending, education, training, employment, and transportation. Cutting from all these will help us utilize our money more towards stuff we need to focus on like making college education free or cheaper.
2. What programs do you believe are necessary to cut or decrease spending for in order to decrease our debt? Explain why cutting from these programs is necessary.
Before turning to the main argument — cutting the military budget — two common objections are worth addressing. One says that because the military budget is economically sustainable, it should not cause concern. It is 3.1 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and 15 percent of federal spending, which is far less than entitlement spending.Those looking to reduce deficits should find better targets, so the argument goes.
3. In 2001, our National Defense Budget was $280 billion dollars. After the attacks on September 11th, we have seen our defense budget continue to grow. Our National Defense budget is currently over $700 billion dollars. Do you plan to increase, decrease or maintain this budget? Make sure to explain your reasoning.
I personally believe we should decrease foreign national defense but I would like to increase our spending on homeland national defense.
4. Social Security provides benefits to over 47 million retired Americans and their families. There is concern that overtime as more and more collect, the reserve will run out. Do you believe that the age to collect Social Security should be raised from 65? Explain your answer.
No because it would cost us more money and overtime the money builds up, therefore it will put us in even more debt then we already are.
5. Medicare provides benefits to over 55 million retired Americans and their families. There is concern that this mandatory spending is continuing to prevent us from decreasing our debt. Do you believe that the age to receive Medicare should be raised from 65 in order to save the U.S. money? Explain your answer.
No i don't because everyone deserves to have affordable healthcare. No difference between someone who is 32 or 67. Even if this is running up our debt it is money that is necessary to spend on the people of america.
6. The 1961 Foreign Assistance Act is defined as “the unilateral transfers of U.S. resources by the U.S. Government to or for the benefit of foreign entities.” These resources include not just goods and funding, but also technical assistance, educational programming, humanitarian aid, military aid and services and other health services. More than 200 countries receive foreign aid, but most goes disproportionately to a few such as Afghanistan. Our foreign aid rose dramatically after September 11th and is projected to be approximately 53.3 billion dollars. Does your administration plan to cut from foreign aid? Explain how much and why or why not.
Yes we plan to cut from foreign aid. We want to cut from foreign aid because we feel it is necessary to spend more money on our country. For example spending money on the students who can’t afford college. We could make colleges and universities affordable for our people of the United States.
7. The most revenue generated by the United States comes from collecting Income Taxes from our citizens. The U.S. follows a Progressive Tax System in which the tax rate increases as the amount taxable increases. Do you believe it will be necessary to raise taxes on our citizens in order to help alleviate our nation’s staggering debt? Explain.
No it shouldn’t be necessary to raise taxes on our citizens. It shouldn’t be the citizens problem. The governments of each city should all think of a solution to raise money without increasing taxes.
8. Over $2.1 trillion dollars of our debt can be credited to the War on Terror that began after the September 11th attacks. The U.S. is projected to spend another $46.3 billion dollars in Afghanistan in 2019. Would your administration decrease this amount if elected? Does your decision pose a threat to our national security? Explain.
We should decrease the budget in afghanistan because it’s a lost cause and we’ve already spent over trillions of dollars on a war that will never be won. It could possibly pose a threat to national security but if we stop spending money there and withdraw our troops it won’t seem as if we want to keep fighting.