Until we stop the extreme waste that exists within our government the deficit problem will not be fixed.
Example: DH works for an IT-based megacorp. He was in Hilton Head SC this week presenting to a federal govt agency that had brought all of their IT managers to Hilton Head for a week of 'stragety meetings'.
Their 'strategy meetings' included a round of golf every day and lavish dinners every night.
Both DH and I work for an IT megacorp. We have more than $30 billion in cash, yet we are not allowed to travel for any reason unless the customer is paying for it. This has been the policy for the last three years. So, why does the government still have boondoggles using taxpayer money when private companies have tightened their belts??
How can we fix this serious issue? The government had to borrow the money to allow this boondoggle!
And the answer should be, VOTE, but ya know what, the issues are so deep and so ingrained that voting doesn't seem to be able to fix the major issues anymore because the government would rather ensure being voted back in than fixing the country's problems.
I'll get off my soapbox now. When I found out where DH was this week and who had brought him there I was enraged.