[mlmpetert]

Im not really all that familiar with the Contract With America, its a little before my time, however, i am a supporter of the Contract From America. The later doesnt really take a position on penny pinching, unless youre referring to earmarks. I am against earmarks in general and I am always against wasteful spending, even trivial amounts.

Not wasting money or penny pinching is different that nickel and diming people, even those disgusting rich people that we all hate. Its nickel and diming to me because we are talking about a trivial amount in relative terms, and not everyone sees it’s a loophole or fraud on the tax system. I truly understand your side but I mostly disagree with it.

This might be a question for a different thread but lets pretend everything a person “made” was treated the same, no matter if a long term gain, earned income or passive income. Do you think people who make more should be taxed at a higher percentage? If so why? And im not talking about the very poor so lets pretend they arent taxed (like now), so maybe everything under 15 or 20k is tax free.

Im going to revise my statement in the number 1 part, because frankly you are you are more right. Stopping all new discretionary spending and cutting all the easy and small bills should come before making cuts to the big things. But America’s deficit is a spending problem and not the reverse, so i still think revenue increases should be last. If it was the other way around then im all for increasing revenues.