Who can you blame?

A recent letter to the editor blamed Republicans for the current budget deficit or national debt.  This is quite a stretch, The blame the Republicans have is going along to get along.

The debt has been growing for fifty plus years. Some of the reasons include:

• Interest on the debt.
• Failure to recognize Social Security Cost.
• The reduced number of workers paying into SS.  
• Johnson's war on poverty. 
• Failure to pay for our war debts.
• Recent 2008 TARP and other programs.
• How much funding is pumped into the Education system for unrealistic needs.
• Welfare spending.

This a partial list. The year,2017, we need a congress lead by a President that stops unnecessary spending. The Democrat authored ACA (Obama Care) is a current drain. The federal budget must be reduced for any unnecessary programs such as the abortion factories. Women's care can be protected without encouragement to abort.

The IRS is a government wing that cost too much to operate. But that is not the only bureaucracy that need to be preened. Look at the number of government Cabinet Level Departments: fourteen with 81 Agencies, Administrations, etc. Also not included are about 88 Government agencies. Starting with the African Development Foundation, AMTRAK,......National Endowment for the Humanities, (truly inhuman to tax payers), OfficeMax of Government Ethics (truly an oxymoron),US Trade and Development Agency.

Please tell us which cannot be eliminated without harm to the citizens of the United States.
What is the Pledge the Congressional constituents give when sworn in?