Supercommittee Failed

Oh my!

The best of the best of the best, Sir! has failed to come up with any kind of compromise on the National Deficit. Half Democrats; half Republicans; people considered to at least have a clue....and neither would give in from their Party's line. (Sounds scary to me, if you think about all the Party Lines that have been made throughout history.....most of them creating more problems than solutions)

Well, DUH.

As long as those in Congress are going to be the so-called "fixers" of the things Congress has messed up, it's not going to get fixed. They all are (and rightfully so) going to keep their perks; keep their pet projects and push for what they feel is right.

So, what to do?

DON'T USE THEM!

All Congresspeople, all Administration people and all the so-called "experts" have their own agenda. It's what got them to where they are in the first place. Whether it's Lobbyist pressure, constituent pressure (though not many seem to be too concerned about THAT, even though the voters are what keep them there); or their own moral/ethical viewpoint, they have an agenda to keep what THEY have and slice what THE OTHER GUYS have.

So here's my suggestion Mr. Obama.

Find some not-big-city CPA's and let them go to it. Give them all the information they need/want (including the invoices for the $10,000 hammers and $100,000 desks) and let them roll to a balanced budget. See, they won't care if you want to remodel your office for the 3rd time this year...they'll see it as a an extraneous expense that isn't necessary. They'll look for LEGAL expenses and tell you to pay up when you over-extended them. They won't let you go on a Bahama's junket on Big Drug Company tickets, then use the receipts as "proof" that you need to be reimbursed (also called "double dipping").

They are going to question some things that just don't make sense (like, why does it cost an American Senior 100X or more to get the same meds they sell in Canada for $20, or Mexico for $4?).

They are not likely to be real big on slashing social programs to allow big business to get bigger. Nor are they likely to severely penalize big business for being able to make big bucks. Then, again, they ARE likely to spot the loopholes that need to be closed up so that big business DOES pay what it should.

Heck, you can even let Suzie Orman do it. She'll tell you..."no you can't do that boyfriend; YOU HAVE NO MONEY!"

The Federal Budget is huge.....and complicated. But there are a ton of things that can at least be looked at.

Take farms for example. Not all of them, but a number of them. They get stipends for NOT farming certain amounts of acreage. At one time, it was a necessarity, because it artificially kept grain prices up. But now, EVERYTHING is going up because NOT ENOUGH grain is being produced...in an attempt to "go green" and use corn for fuels, there is a shortage (read price increase) of corn for feeding cows, chickens, horses, deer and using in basic food products (HELLO, where do you think "high fructose CORN syrup" comes from?). So we subsidize farmers to NOT grow what we need. Now that worked back when....when too many people produced grain that was basically used for feeding animals (including us). But it's not a part of the equation any more. So it needs to be looked at.

Welfare. One of those necessary evils. If you need it, it can be a safety net. But if you're just a lazy slob, it's an "entitlement". There are no jobs; people are STILL losing jobs (despite what the "experts" say) so trying to teach someone a trade that STILL can't be used because nobody can pay for it, isn't working. So, we need to take a real strong look at what CAN be done.

Big Corporations. They have Lots and Lots of loopholes they can sneak into. And they have lots and lots of CPA's who are willing to find and exploit those loopholes. And they can always find some statistics to back themselves up. Well, maybe that needs to be explored a lot more. These guys seem to be able to use these so much better than the Small Businesses.....and that makes it suspect.

Small Business. Needs to be left alone. They are either doing things right, or they are folding. They are NOT getting bailouts, handouts or perks. THEY are true backbone of our economy.

And what's wrong with Trump's idea of the billionaires helping out? Heck, Gates, Buffet and others are on that page. Why can't this be explored.

So c'mon President Obama. Look at what make this country great to begin with and go back to it. Use the "little guy" to reinvent this country. Because all the 'Big Honchos" in Congress are just going to destroy it. And when it DOES fall apart (and we WILL have a crash at some point, we've only delayed the inevitable) it will be, once again, the "little guys" who pick it back up and trudge on.

Politics

Another November political season has ended.

Yea! Ohio defeated SB5. This was a really bad bill in many ways. Of course they picked on the one thing that would get people riled up....and lost.

Once again they went after the people they should not be going after....fire, police, nurses and teachers. I mean, come on. Why would you go after the same people who have your life, property and kids in their hands? Can you spell S-T-U-P-I-D?

These are NOT the people raking in the big bucks!!!

In fact, the people who ARE raking in the big bucks had already made sure that THEY would not have to worry about it. Yeah, those whose salaries are that 43% higher that was talked about....those who do NOT pay into pension funds or health care had ALREADY made their loopholes.....right in the same bill that went after the ones who do. Yeah, I'm a Firefighter/Paramedic. I pay 10% into my pension (though Mr. Kasich doesn't seem to think so, although he also WANTS my pension money for his Ponzi schemes); my co-workers pay at least 15% into health insurance (some even more). However, Mr. Kasich, his staff, most administrators both State and Municipal do NOT pay into anything, but get nice fat pensions anyway.

But the experts say.....

Who are these guys? How did they become experts? And why did they forget the algorithms in Economics 101?

Capitalism = supply vs. demand.
You can build a ton of cars but if no one buys them, throwing money at a corporation to continue making products no one buys just does not make economic sense.

But the experts say.....

Stockholders/shareholders need to be reimbursed for their investment. OK, I agree.
BUT....if the guy who builds the product cannot buy the product because all the money is going to shareholders, then HELLO...supply vs demand strikes again!

Let's try something simple. Pay the guy who produces. That's why Unions were created (but we've already gone there). The guy who produces is the guy who will buy something to continue to cycle. Take out the actual producer, there's less people to buy the product. This is NOT rocket science!

I'm thinking that maybe, just maybe, it's time that we put in a bunch of people who are NOT incumbents; have no history of "you can't do that"; are not beholden to the lobbyists (anybody see 60 Minutes last week? AWESOME interview with a lobbyist); and are willing to just get it done.

Because, OBVIOUSLY, the ones already in Congress or State Houses are NOT willing to get it done.