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	Name:	water_watcher -
	Subject:	I disagree ... there is leadership by Obama
	Date:	2/27/2011 9:12:15 AM

I do understand how the federal government uses the term "non-essential" ... my only point was, and continues to be, that we have a spending problem and not a tax problem. We need deeper cuts and need to take a hard look at total departments and if they are needed, as well as much deeper cuts in other areas to get in under control.

We can not just allow spending to increase and then say it needs to be balanced on the back of hard working tax payers.

Sorry to say, but for every government worker, it takes at least 5 average private sector jobs to pay for it ... so growing government is a drain on the economy. It is supported by facts.

I don't agree with SS ... at least what it has become today and how it has been managed ... so i do feel drastic changes are needed. I would much rather have a lower tax rate, much stricter requirements as to who gets benefits, then mandatory contributions and company match to an individual retirement type account. Rather than a ponzy scheme.

That way higher income individuals and those that do not need the benefits do not get it ... and you get people seeing their contributions and company match growing. they can still participate in 401K, 457 plans, etc