Fees release me... Let me go

I heard that many governmental bodies, facing budget shortfalls, are increasing “fees” as opposed to raising “taxes.” Even at the Federal levels, the idea of allowing tax cuts to expire as a way of increasing revenues seems to be a certainty.

Whatever you want to call it, sending more money to government is still a tax increase. Now, I know that we all have to do our fair share during these tough times.

In a family budget, if income does not exceed outgo, then things have to be trimmed, or income has to be raised... it is just that simple. (Living on credit cards never lasts). So in the interest of “helping out,” I would like to offer a few items that could be cut from the federal budget to help make up the $1.5 trillion deficit.

• Eliminate the position of Vice President. Who really cares about this position anyway? Sure, he is “one heartbeat” away from the presidency, but as long as Alexander Haig has things “under control here at the White House,” everyone will be ok. (Man, I am dating myself with that reference)

• No more mattress tags. They are costing us a fortune.

• Eliminate the penny, two dollar bill and any dollar coins. Possession of these usually just ticks us off anyway.

• Force California to secede from the Union. Arnold can have 'em.

• Reduce the number of days that Congress can meet. If they have time to worry about the BCS, steroids in sports and whether or not car company execs have private planes, they have way too much time on their hands.

• Replace whitehouse.gov with a Facebook page. It's not like anyone is going to their website.

Hopefully we can save at least $1 Billion dollars with each of these changes. Now we only have $1,494 Billion to go.

Pretty soon, you are talking about “real money.”

May The Blog Be With You.