The deficit for now is OVER. I said it was never a big deal anyway... for now. The blind, deaf and dumb and illiterate teabags never opened their mouths and nor did you while you were building the debt, then as embittered losers, they started bitching at Obama when he began to fix it ... And it will not be a big deal later .. IF unreasonable hayseeds from the south will work with any sane people in their party and the dems .. we simply won't be looking at any debt problem, not now or in the future .. not ss, not medicare, medicaid or anything ... but yes, I realize getting crazy people to be sensible is a losing proposition on its face to begin with ..
Here's the simple solutions which have already been discussed here, not on this board, by people who are capable of reading and understanding what they read .. .here's a snippet... that applies to what you said ....
Contrary to the claims Heritage is making, current levels of federal taxation are at historically low levels, and the increases needed to finance restoration of the Social Security trust fund will not break the bank.
Federal tax revenues in 2009, 2010 and 2011 have been 15.1 percent, 15.1 percent and 15.4 percent of Gross Domestic Product, lower than any level since 1950.
There's much more, I guarantee you it's worth the read .. but it's HARD ... and lots of references, Embedded links, three in the first paragraph of my snippet
The Name of the Article is __The War On Entitlements
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