Federal Spending Cuts nada

Congress could have cut spending without worrying about a veto, but they didn’t.

Congress had a chance to get the Federal government out of Education and Transportation and they blew it. 

The education bill was up for renewal and all Congress had to do was to ignore it.   The same goes for the Export-Import Bank.  Also Congress could have neglected to pass a Transportation Bill.  None of these non-actions could have been stopped by an Obama veto. 

Allocating federal gasoline taxes back to the States would have taken a Bill and if Obama had vetoed it, the gasoline tax could have reduced the deficit.

Not giving the Department of Education $124 billion would have saved $124 billion from being spent.  Not giving the Department of Transportation $350 billion would have saved $350 billion from being spent.  Adding another $500 billion in spending cuts would have reduced government’s dependence on borrowed money and reduced the interest on the debt.

Congress is caught up in a perpetual “bums’ rush” spending frenzy controlled by their campaign contributors, environmental nut-bags and the chamber of Communists. 

Politicians should realize the waste involved in the spending done by these departments and the mal-investment costs incurred by states and counties on “non-road” boondoggles like metro-trains, Amtrak, public transit, bike lanes, multiuse paths and welfare for developers.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader