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From: daves@ios.UUCP (David B. Schnepper)
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Subject: Re: how to eliminate the federal deficit - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 21-Aug-84 14:55:51 EDT
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>Federal deficit spending must be eliminated, agreed?  Here's a modest proposal:
>
>  (spending allocation) = (budget request) * (tax revenue) / (budget total)
>
>In other words, divide up the money proportionally.  Everyone agency gets the
>same percentage cut.
>
>Marv Graham; Convex Computer Corp. {allegra,ihnp4,uiucdcs,ctvax}!convex!graham

I love it!  A proposal that WILL work, and has a chance of being implemented.
I believe one reason deficits continue year-to-year is that no president/
politician/congress (pick) is willing to make the tough political choices
between different worthy causes.  Cutting welfare hurts the poor, cutting
Social Security hurts the old, cutting Defense hurts the Contractors & makes
us less ready, etc, etc, etc.

For the system to work, budget requests must still be reviewed (does
your department really need XX MegaBucks? Or are you just padding it
so you'll manage to get 90%*XX MegaBucks).  But this is a great method
for assuring that in the end the books will balance.  It establishes
the idea that a balanced budget is more important for the common
good than each program/agency is for the good of specific segments
of the population.

Dave Schnepper
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