Vote For Funding Instead of Proposals

  In order to balance the budget, one thing we must do is to place the cost of things into prospective with respect  to the existential probabilities of our nation. For suggested programs...things that the Federal Government wants to do for us....like things that appeal to the dumbass youngsters that don't have a clue how important it is to pay for things...or even who the Vice President is???...or which part of Congress actually impeaches the President and what it takes to do that sort of thing...You know who I am talking about?  Other peoples' kids kids???....things like that...I think they...we.... should have to vote for the funding instead of voting for the program...AND WHO IS GOING TO BE WILLING TO PAY FOR IT! ...with impact statements showing how much it is LIKELY to cost and how it effects the budget and our pocketbooks...like we do for a bridge...and how much of an environmental impact vs economic impact it will make. Is that a stupid idea?  I think I would like to see that tried and see what happens. Once people actually saw an economic impact statement of ...say...Bernie Sander's Medicare for All and the confiscatory taxes on us, the Stock Market, the overall Federal debt and this year's debt spending and how that will effect the value of our money...and how the health of our economy will be effected, only then can I make an intelligent decision on it. Same thing on unfettered immigration across an open border? How does that really effect our objectives of maintaining a healthy economy and country as a whole? Some things are too subjective but plenty of important elements can be objectively analyzed. We should at least consider it. Jim Self