Summary: Please join us on Thurs. May 5th, 5 PM for our chat with 2 Republicans with different views on the the controversial budget passed by the House of Representatives on April 15th. In this essay Delaware Republican Michael Stafford writes: "It is time to have an open and honest discussion about our collective refusal to pay for the services we expect government to provide. In the end, the federal budget deficit isn't going to be eliminated through budget cuts alone, nor will the best interests of our society be served by the elimination of the social safety net. Shaun Kenney, Vice-Chairman of the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors, wrote in this blog: "Conservatives need to gird themselves for a budget solution that will cut spending, raise taxes, increase the debt ceiling once and no more, alter the monetary policy of the United States, end major components of the entitlement system, devolve responsibilities to the state such as education, and seriously attack the federal deficit and national debt." MORE INFO.
