As we continue to recover from an economic crisis, the national debt is on the minds of many Americans.
The debt currently stands at just over 14 trillion dollars and counting. This means that every taxpayer would have to come up with $126,000 to pay it off. That could pay for 12 years of groceries for a family of four. Crazy.
If moms have to live within their means, governments should, too. Don’t you think?
Tomorrow, a group of mom bloggers, including myself, will be meeting with Members of Congress to bring awareness to this issue. Working on behalf of MomThink.org, we want to demonstrate to Congress and the traditional media that we, as moms, are concerned about the issues that affect our children’s futures. If you have any questions you’d like me to ask during our Congressional meetings, please leave a comment below! I’ll share the information that we gather with you later this week.
Ask them to stop pay raises for congress, or have congressmen pay into social security as the people do. Or Both! How about no new special interest groups funding. How about no new government regulations that have to have watchdog overseers/czars. There is so much waste in government spending. The green jobs plan was miss treated from the beginning and not thought out well at all.
A question I wouldn’t mind being asked is this:
In light of the number of unemployed Americans shouldn’t we stop the increase in the number of immigrants coming into this country, whether by legal or illegal means? We know Kennedy’s push and President Regan signing this bill into effect was to be for our country’s good, however can’t there be a bill put into effect that would override that immigration bill in times of high unemployment in our country? Prehaps a bill that would hold immigration to nearly 0% in any year where the previous year showed over a 3% unemployment rate would be wise. We really can’t afford to take on immigrants to put on our unemployment benefits or welfare while our budget is not balanced and our unemployment is so high, already putting a burden on welfare and unemployment benefits.
Another question that just came to mind:
Shouldn’t people on government assistance have to pay co-pays to hospital emergency rooms when they use them like a Doctor’s office visit, just so they can get out of paying the co-pay they’d have to pay at the Doctor’s office.
So many do that in the area where I live. They come to the ER, not really having an emergency situation at all, but want seen and do not want to have to pay the co-pay. So they treat minor colds and flu, tiny cuts and such at the ER, so they aren’t required to pay the co-pay. Wrong if you ask me.
Also the don’t ask if a person is legally in this country at Emergency Rooms is wrong. It has hurt states like California and New Mexico and Arizona. These costs have to be passed on and it’s wrong that legal Americans have to pay them.
I think the hospitals should have the right to require those persons or their family members to work off the debt, either doing housekeeping and janitorial chores, laundry chores, repairing parking lots, etc… Why should hospitals be required to give a free handout? Besides, Congress must realize those costs are passed on to other health care plans and legal American citizens, don’t they?
Another question:
Why are we talking about giving fast tracked legal citizenship to those illegal immigrants that will join our armed forces, as well as educational monies?
With unemployment high, and many families having to dip into the funds they saved for their children’s college education, many legally born American high school students are going into the military as a way to have a chance at a college education someday. If you fill up those slots with illegals wanting citizenship you are taking away those opportunities from the newest American adults whose parents, and grandparents have paid taxes into our American system and should have a right to these opportunities. Since many are talking about downsizing the military in the coming years, don’t take the reduced number of military enlistment openings and give them to anyone that isn’t an American citizen already.
Can there be a limit on the United States of America taking federal monies (taxpayers monies) to help other nations of the world in times of disasters since more and more catastrophic events are happening around the world? Shouldn’t there just be one American volunteer agency like the Red Cross set up to take donations from the citizens of this country to help other countries out, rather than our government handing over the money to other countries. I don’t think the money should be handed over by our country as a gift, but rather a loan to those countries in need, unless of course it is a monetary donation from an individual American Citizen through a volunteer agency. I think it should be limited to one volunteer agency (e.g. The American Red Cross), so it can be overseen to make sure the money or supplies purchased with those monies gets to the intended recipients and not a countries military regiment and newer reach the citizens in that country who are truly in need.
Sorry above, I meant to type in the last sentence
never reach, not newer reach.
This is awesome! I agree–we live within a budget and have to make cuts, so government should also. I also agree that their should be co-pays on any government insurance. In addition, most everyone I know has had an increase in insurance premiums. Ours even went to a high deductible plan. Same should be said of congressmen. My husband’s company has cut travel and dining expenses–so should congress. You get the point. Remember, these people are supposed to be our servants yet they live better than most Americans.
You go, girl!
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