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Well, as I am sure many of you know, the Republican controlled 112th Congress of the United States of America, has been very busy lately. The Repubs passed a plan through the House last Friday that, if it were enacted, would cut the Federal Budget by $5.8 trillion over the next 10 years. Get this, not only does it "cut spending", it cuts taxes too! This is a wonderful plan, if we now assume that running the government of this country and providing services to it's citizens is no longer a necessity. Excuse my sarcasm, but it is in the face of times like these when I can't really help myself. I know it sounds wonderful that this plan puts a "25% cap on individual tax rates", but please...stop and think what we are doing to ourselves. With the current system of progressive taxation that we have in America, relatively none of us will ever reach that cap, 90% of Americans never have to worry about paying more than that limit. This is what that legislation truly does; it provides a tax cut for the extremely wealthy (conservative constituents) that would, in the current system be above that cap. These are those types of people who could pay 25% of their income in taxes and never notice it was gone. This limit protects them, not you. Oh and to add insult to injury, this plan makes major changes to the Medicaid system, turning it into a block grant program. This is just going to put more strain on state government, and in the end limit the ability for those who justly need government medical assistance to get it.