Animas
High School Model Senate
Committee: Finance
Committee
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Principal Authors: Angus S. King Jr. (Bryan Bauer), James E Risch (Zack Dowd)
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Bill No:
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Submission Date: 12/13/2012
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Title of Bill:
Deficit Reduction Act
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Be It Enacted By The Animas High School Model
Senate
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Preamble: Whereas a national debt of $16 trillion
and a total government spending creating a $1.1 trillion deficit, a budget reform is vital, the areas most
in need of reform are National Defense spending and funding for healthcare, DOD
spending exceeds $700 billion, and $1.1 trillion in healthcare funding
consuming approximately 30% of annual government revenue, and social security
is consuming too much of the national revenue, as such it is in need of
reform,
SECTION 1: There shall be a time table created for
the withdrawal of US troops stationed in Afghanistan.
Sub-SECTION A: Let 43,000
troops be removed over the course of 2 years in monthly increments of 1800
troops.
Sub-SECTION B: Let 20,000
troops remain in permanent military installations within Afghanistan.
SECTION 2: Let $100 billion be added to the
national revenue by imposing a cap on DOD spending at $600 billion.
SECTION 3: There shall be spending cuts to the
healthcare system.
Sub-SECTION A: Let
7% of funding for Medicare be cut and 13% of funding for Medicaid be cut.
Sub-SECTION
B: There shall be a cap imposed on healthcare funding to 23% of the
National Revenue.
SECTION
4: Let Social Security be open for reform.
Sub-SECTION
A: Let those persons who are
currently collecting social security be unaffected by the reform described in
SECTION 4.
Sub-SECTION
B: Let those persons who are not currently collecting social
security be susceptible to the reform described in SECTION 4.
SECTION 5: This bill shall go into effect 60 days
after its passage.
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Zack Dowd
Senate Speech for Jim
Risch
We have debt, a lot of debt, and what’s being proposed in
this bill will not benefit the people of America. Even though this bill provides some sense of
gradual financial stability for the long run, it will be removing benefits for
the elderly, homeowners, and the wealthy, who are a large portion of the people
that bring in revenue for the government. Also, the removals that this bill is promising
will not provide the financial stability that Americans are looking for.
Unfortunately, I only found Section 5 and Section 1
reasonable for repairing our country while the rest seemed less beneficial for
the US public. My amendment to Section 2 would be to remove it completely
because there is absolutely no balance between financial benefits and benefits
for Americans and this lack of balance would be a real problem for both sides;
the Government, and the citizens of the United States. My recommendation for Section 3 would be to
completely remove it because the age for Medicare and social security benefits
is currently 65 years old and a lot of retirees enjoy the age that they receive
these benefits and it would be wrong to change that in any way. Section 4 is in desperate need of an
amendment. That’s why I would agree with an amendment stating that instead of a
13% cap on income tax deductions, it will be a 26.5% cap because while this
decision helps increase government revenue, it allows people to still have a
reasonable tax deductions.
We want the citizens of the United States to be confident
and we want them to trust our next move, but by passing this bill, we’ll show
that we’re only looking out for what’s best for our financial future and the
citizens would lose all confidence in us as leaders. We need to show them that
we’re looking out for America and its people and passing this bill would ruin
our plan for recovery.
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