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It's not the democrats or the republicans...it is all of the politicians. None of them have any real answers and dance circles around the issues. As much as I don't like her answer, it was probably one of the more honest ones.

Odds are that ANY democrat you ask will give you the same answer. That's because "spending cut" is just not in the democrat's playbook. Don't get me wrong though, I'm not blaming the national debt completely on the democrats. BOTH parties are guilty of running up the debt, but historically, the democrat party is the party of tax & spend and they always want to increase the size of the federal government because they think, contrary to the Constitution, that the federal government should control and run everything. The republicans are just now starting to see the error of their ways. It's beginning to sink in that they'd better start doing something about it and pretty darn quick and whether you love them or hate them, the Tea Party movement are the ones waking them up to it. Both sides have been blindly spending and ignoring the basics of sound economic policy for decades. Anybody with an ounce of sense knows that you can't keep spending more than you make without eventually going bankrupt, but the "experts" in Washington are just now waking up to this fact, so well known to everyone else on the planet. Amazing isn't it? So when Ms. Wasserman-Schultz says that they need to pick apart the spending, the translation is that she wants to debate endlessly and fight against any kind of meaningful cuts while the country slides into economic oblivion. IF, and it's a big if, the republicans, driven by the sentiment of the people, have the courage to actually propose the kind of cuts that are needed to save our economy from complete collapse, the democrats will fight them every step of the way. The fact is, they need to do something and do it now to get our economy in order and they need to start right in their own house. Obama says he will veto any bill with earmarks in it. He gave the impression that he wants to do something about the spending. Let's watch and see what they actually DO.

She's an idiot and I can tell you one of the best ways to cut spending it to cut her salary. She has no desire to cut spending because she's a left wing loon. In her world spending should never be cut, they should just raise taxes.

The only solution to the spending crisis that I have seen offered up by Democrats is to raise the debt ceiling so they can spend more. Spending cuts will hurt anyone used to spending a lot or receiving a lot of something from the government. That's why they use the word "cut", although in the new spirit of civility they may change that to something less violent, like "spending wounds". But let's face it, there's a lot of spending that isn't going to "kill people" or cause any of the other ridiculously exaggerated social ills that those who don't want to cut spending always put forth as the natural result of any attempt to rein in their profligate ways. If only it were really about philanthropy, but it's really about increasing the size of government and consequently, their own importance and power. A liberal is someone who loves his fellow man so much, he wants to give them all your money.

I've said in other discussions I'd like to see audits of every government organization, program, etc. So, I'm in favor of eliminating whole agencies, cutting some more than others, etc. So, I guess I agree with Wasserman...a little. But, I haven't been a member of Congress since 2005 and I have a lot of ideas for eliminating whole agencies, cutting the heck out of others, etc. And as I said earlier this evening, I'd cut spending to the U.N. and a whole lot of other foreign aide until someone showed the American people where the billions already sent went. Maybe Wasserman should look at the "You Cut" on YouTube to come up with some items that makes her sound a little more "knowledgeable".

Countries treat debt in different ways. I just learned that the Eurozone and America have completely different ways to manage their debt. Apparently, both print more money but in Europe the value of the amount printed is taken out of the general calculations, thus balancing the books. Whereas in America, the printed money is simply "extra" money that has not previously been accounted for! Now with accounting policies like that, how is anyone, including politicians, able to understand even the simplest concepts of debt?

And we wonder how we got into this situation in the first place. She has been in office 6 years and has not even bothered to look and see what cuts need to be made when the country is in a bad economic pit? Remind me again how she got elected? Or re-elected because it sure was NOT doing her job. We don't need hearings for each and every little thing. that would drag the process out for years. We need a tough common sense approach to dealing with this situation. Side note....have you gotten a chance to see Rand Paul's proposal? I know he has one but I have not been able to find it online to read it. I am very interested to see his approach and what he cut. He says he can save us more money more than what the republicans are offering right now.