Political parties have held candidate debates. Moderators pose questions aimed to have candidates criticize their opponents. This makes interesting, controversial television, but provides limited insight into issues. Insights defining issues and the candidates’ approaches are obscured.
Our national debt spans or is impacted by all of the other issues. Some candidates look to raise taxes for the purpose of increased spending. Others object to government spending and waste and the decades-old national debt.
Last year, the U.S. accrued $430 billion in interest, costing taxpayers $3,500 for interest payments. The 98 million workers vacant from the workforce are a restriction on the monies to Social Security. President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty, the Troubled Asset Relief Program and other such programs took investment from the private sector where employment growth is desperately needed.
Fifteen presidential Cabinet members control 81 departments. Not included are the other 88 government agencies, such as the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Government Ethics (truly an oxymoron), the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, etc.
Many agencies consume funds that do not pay for roads, bridges, education, medical research or defense. Government must look at the functions and decide which can, without harm to the United States, be eliminated, reduced or consolidated. Almost every issue has an impact on our national debt.
Gerald Keer
Our national debt spans or is impacted by all of the other issues. Some candidates look to raise taxes for the purpose of increased spending. Others object to government spending and waste and the decades-old national debt.
Last year, the U.S. accrued $430 billion in interest, costing taxpayers $3,500 for interest payments. The 98 million workers vacant from the workforce are a restriction on the monies to Social Security. President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty, the Troubled Asset Relief Program and other such programs took investment from the private sector where employment growth is desperately needed.
Fifteen presidential Cabinet members control 81 departments. Not included are the other 88 government agencies, such as the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Government Ethics (truly an oxymoron), the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, etc.
Many agencies consume funds that do not pay for roads, bridges, education, medical research or defense. Government must look at the functions and decide which can, without harm to the United States, be eliminated, reduced or consolidated. Almost every issue has an impact on our national debt.
Gerald Keer
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