If the government cut out all funding for social programs,?
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Anna, I'm sorry that makes too much sense.  Besides you wouldn't won't those crazy catholics, christians, & Jews to get all that tax money (which is ours to begin with) to spend as they see fit.  Don't you understand that big gov't & liberals can spend your money better than you can.  In addition, that would mean a lot of low income peolpe would actulally have to try and better themselves by working with churches & charities, instead of waiting on that monthly gov't check.
937129
Tax reform.  Social Security reform (phase out)  Flushing many social programs off of the books.  Generally just returning to a smaller government.
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I would fund stem cell research. When we get the cure to all these disceases, if someone doesn't approve of the research, then they don't have to use them.
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Well That wouldn't be ME!!!! The middle class is more and more becoming extinct, and I fear this includes me now that I have officially fallen below poverty level. The "tax cuts" again benefit those that need them the least...the upper echelon!
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no more welfare\nmake more state and fed workers work after laying off about 2/3 of them that are not needed
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If they got a job, they would have to pay taxes and would lose their welfare checks.  They would be forced to contribute to the society that owes them something for being 'less fortunate'.
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Our economy would collapse.
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see... asmul8ed is the typical example of why we are cutting and why we have social programs in the first place...\n\nConservatives preach that it should be left up to private companies and people to give to chairty, yet when it actually comes time for these people to give... they say things like asmul8ed said "I don't quite have it and how do I know where it's going?"... excuses, excuses... they never have enough money to justify giving some of it away\n\nSimply put, the majority of the rich don't want their money to go to anyone but themselves, through taxes or through donations. Granted there are some who generously give, but they appear to be the vast minority. Consider how many trillions are made every year, yet many are still in need. Clearly many are not giving and don't care too (and never will)\n\nSo if it wasn't for these programs, many of the poor would simply die in our country... if your a Christian, you should understand that blessed are the poor and we should all try to help them any way we can... \nI do think that our welfare system needs much more oversight, and a work for food program would be great, but eliminating program is simply taking a step back to a third world mentality where the poor die in the street and the rich barely care enough to step over them...
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The federal government keeps all tax money paid.  If no return is filed, assuming there was a refund due, the money just goes into the general fund.\n\nSocial Security is going bankrupt because congress has been raiding the social security trust fund for years to pay for pet programs without appearing to increase the budget deficit.  Yes, both democratic and republican congresses have done this.  Officially it's a "loan" from the trust fund, but it never gets paid back, and the money doesn't earn interest (which it would have if it had been in the trust fund).\nSocial Security isn't going bankrupt because there are too many baby boomers going to retire at the same time, it's going bankrupt because the congressmen we've elected have robbed us blind.\n\nBTW, there *is* a surplus in both taxes and SS every year from illegal immigrants who use fraudulent IDs.  Kicking them all out would end that surplus, and both SS and the federal budget would be even worse off than they are now.
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The largest group of welfare recipients, by a huge margin, are children. Would you put them to work instead of going to school?\n\nAlmost all the remaining welfare recipients are the disabled and the blind. Just what work do you propose that they do?\n\nYou want Social Services to take the children from their parents? Now that's a brilliant idea when the system is already unable to take care of the foster children in its care.\n\nYou want to have the government set up a system of day care for the children of the poor? Just where do you think the money is coming from? Just how much money do you think we currently spend on welfare recipients per person? The average benefit nationally is less than $400 per FAMILY per MONTH.
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I think it's crap.  You're not legally required to stay in school past 16, so the government has no right to punish you for dropping out.  It's just another excuse to cut spending.  He's managed to find a program that almost exclusively benefits underpriviledged kids, so it's no surprise he wants to cut it.  I think he'd take away social security entirely if they'd let him, but he can't so he'll just take it from the people who need it most.
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Well, there is no such thing as a utopia, thus, it's only stating facts that we would have homeless people.  Besides, our society has an economic class system (ever heard of the term middleclass?)  It's good that the government spends money trying to promote .... whatever they are trying to and has obviously failed, at least at the moment.  \n   However, I don't think they should just stop the fundings altogether, but instead they should cut down on those and take care of our national deficit and debts first.  Or, even better, build a better healthcare system ... \n   Now, wouldn't that be grand?
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It would lead only to more division in the society.Our govt. should go back from britishers divide and rule policy.It will only do harm to our country.
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keep social security money out of the general funds, replace all money taken out of s.s. used for other things not related to s.s., and thats it.
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To get rid of the tax cuts for the rich? yes\nbut not going to get rid of any other tax cuts or credits. Although they will get us out of the war and fund more social programs to help the middle class with the rising cost of living these days.
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that's like asking government officials to stop giving themselves raises and to stop going on golf outings with taxpayers' money....it will never happen. if everyone were well educated, the government would founder...
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no but social services will