#government waste

Keith Rochelli: “For all the lower rate with less deduction charlatans, there are only like 5 deductions to cut and all are massively popular.”

Kristi Culpepper: “

Anhonest discussion about tax

impossible

• liberals want to cut military spending, corporate
• conservatives want to cut environment and arts spending
• everyone hates tax shelters

The reason this never leads anywhere is that all of these are distractions and fake arguments in several ways.

1. First, "My 48% is willing to cut your 48%’s must-haves” is not a compromise and therefore not a solution. Sure, if the United States had never embarked on the Iraq War, its budget would be better. Yes, and?
2. Second, promising to “start with” small items that do not plug budget deficits is a waste of time. The amount of public money spent on arts is 1/10,000th of the problem, so progress on that front is so far from solving the problem that it’s an evasion.
3. Third, people have no idea what the government actually spends money on (old people), where it gets money from (foreign central banks),

“tax loopholes” “government waste” “corporations” “offshore”