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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bkc99xx" data-source="post: 2428981" data-attributes="member: 385580">Over the last 70 years or so, the revenue has grown by over 7% a year while spending has grown about 7.5%.  Why we could not simply limit everything to 6% increase each year, with no exceptions unless that additional money came from reducing the spending in other areas.  Then, any new spending for new programs or expanded programs would have to be carved out of spending that was already allocated.  Hard decisions in some budgets would have to be made, just like a business that faces reduced or declining revenue but does not have the luxury of passing the debt forever without problems.</blockquote>