THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WERE THE LOSERS OF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN SOLUTION- NOTHING GAINED FOR LOWERING THE DEBT NOR A SOLUTION TO THE WORSE PANICLE LEGISLATION CALLED OBAMASCARE PPACA–READ RAND PAUL TAKE ON THE 17% GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

When Mr. Obama, then a senator, opposed raising the debt ceiling in 2006, it was $8 trillion. Today, it has more than doubled to $17 trillion. If we are to survive this breakneck spending that has become the norm in Washington, it must be stopped and reversed. Many polls showed that Americans were fed up with both parties over the shutdown. A Bloomberg poll showed that 61 percent — 6 in 10 Americans — think that spending cuts should be tied to raising the debt ceiling. A Rasmussen survey and Fox News poll found similar results.

Americans want leaders who are willing to rein in a government that is completely out of control.

There are solutions. Perhaps we should not raise the debt ceiling without also enacting a balanced-budget amendment. Many states are forced to balance their budgets, and there is no reason the federal government cannot begin to do the same.

There is also the Penny Plan, which could balance the budget by cutting total federal spending by 1 percent each year for six consecutive years. Over a decade, overall spending would be reduced by $7.5 trillion.

There is no reason that in more immediate terms, we cannot find a firm and workable plan to balance the budget. Republicans and Democrats seem to have no problem coming together to grow the government. Why can’t we do the opposite?

We could stop giving billions in foreign aid to countries that behave more like enemies than allies so we can pay down our debt and fund priorities here at home.

We could only spend what we bring in, show some restraint and common sense, and begin following the Constitution. Our government currently does so many things that it doesn’t have the constitutional authority to do. We learned during the shutdown that nearly half of government is considered “nonessential.”

Considering the great economic burden we are leaving our children and the next generation, we should not be spending money on nonessential government services.

Washington is a mess. Not just this week and last week, but every week, month and year that we continue to spend money that we do not have, to do things that we should not do.

There were no winners coming out of what went down in Washington this week. Any future deals should result in something better than the American people, yet again, getting the short end of the stick.

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