Balancing Act
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It occurs to me to wonder why a "balanced budget" is an end goal at all. It's a phrase that only sounds good in a sound bite. Budgets only balance in an accountant's wet dream; and, balance doesn't necessarily mean anyone's going to benefit in any way at all.
Cutting services to pad the pockets of the rich, balances a budget - but it isn't any favour to those who need those services.
Balancing a budget only serves the budget - not the people who have to live under it. Quality of life should win out; and any business knows, sometimes you need to run a deficit.
Balancing a budget is a buzzword that's easy to use to "scare" or "hype" people with, because the average person really doesn't dig behind the face value of most of what's presented to them.
Balancing a budget doesn't mean there wasn't enough money there to begin with, or that there'll be enough money after the hatchetman gets through with his "balancing" act.
I don't give a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut if a budget is balanced - I want to know that people are taken care of, that what money is there is being used wisely or at least for decent reasons, and that the government isn't merely a population of twats.