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#Account for every dollar. Evaluating every dollar spent on our national defense is not only good fiscal practice; it is a matter of national security. Like all other major federal agencies, the Department of Defense should be subject to annual audits. Senators [[John McCain]] and [[Claire McCaskill]] have already introduced this measure in the Senate. | #Account for every dollar. Evaluating every dollar spent on our national defense is not only good fiscal practice; it is a matter of national security. Like all other major federal agencies, the Department of Defense should be subject to annual audits. Senators [[John McCain]] and [[Claire McCaskill]] have already introduced this measure in the Senate. | ||
#Close tax loopholes. It is critical that the federal government continue to identify and report loopholes and inefficiencies within the current tax system. We can expand on these reports to reflect the total revenue lost and to identify inefficient tax subsidies. | #Close tax loopholes. It is critical that the federal government continue to identify and report loopholes and inefficiencies within the current tax system. We can expand on these reports to reflect the total revenue lost and to identify inefficient tax subsidies. | ||
#Take the politics out of the equation. In order to promote efficiency and eliminate undue political pressures, this provision would transition the [[Joint Committee on Taxation]] to an independent, nonpartisan legislative branch agency. | #Take the politics out of the equation. In order to promote efficiency and eliminate undue political pressures, this provision would transition the [[Joint Committee on Taxation]] to an independent, nonpartisan legislative branch agency.[[Category:Suggestion Bot Tag]] |
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The Blue Dog Coalition is a group of Democrats members of the U.S. House of Representatives, who describe themselves as moderates committed to "fiscal discipline and strong national security". Blueprint for Fiscal ReformThe group issued its blueprint for financial reform, "a plan to balance the budget, cut spending and secure America’s future."[1] Budget experts from across the political spectrum agree that Congress must put a plan in place now in order to balance the budget within 10 years, and lay the groundwork for sound fiscal policies over the long term. The Blue Dog Blueprint for Fiscal Reform is aimed at achieving these two critically important goals.
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- ↑ Dahlkemper Announces Blue Dog Plan for Fiscal Reform, Office of Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper, 25 January 2010