Sister Simone Campbell - What He Said: The Words of Jesus Christ https://whathesaid.com Making the words of Jesus Christ easy to read and explore Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:51:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Moral Choices in the Budget https://whathesaid.com/2011/07/06/moral-choices-in-the-budget/ https://whathesaid.com/2011/07/06/moral-choices-in-the-budget/#respond Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:51:21 +0000 https://whathesaid.com/?p=956 Congress is working on a debt agreement and let’s hope they come up with something thoughtful and substantial very soon. $14 trillion is a lot of money to be in hock and borrowing more to meet obligations seems scary, stupid, and immoral. What will we be leaving our children? A trashed planet and hyperinflation? There […]

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]]> Congress is working on a debt agreement and let’s hope they come up with something thoughtful and substantial very soon. $14 trillion is a lot of money to be in hock and borrowing more to meet obligations seems scary, stupid, and immoral. What will we be leaving our children? A trashed planet and hyperinflation?

There are two sides to every budget equation: income (taxes) and expenditures. Like any business, America will have to try to push both levers by raising taxes and cutting spending. But who and how do you tax and what programs do you cut? The military and healthcare are the biggest cost items in the budget. Getting out of Iraq and Afghanistan seems not only moral, but prudent.

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