Cuts in the Right Place

            The article of the week is House approves $60 Billion in budget cuts by Jennifer Liberto. The article was structured out to state a mass majority of facts. There were a lot of numbers and dates stated throughout the article. After discussing the budget cut details the article discusses how the cut will affect the U.S. debt.  Afterwards it presents arguments of why the government almost vetoed the budget cuts. This article like most other articles that are discussed used quotes. There were not any sources stated in the article besides the people that the author quoted.

            The $60 billion dollars in budget cuts was approved on Saturday February 19, 2011. These cuts were made in the federal spending portion of the government’s money. Every Democrat in the House along with 3 Republicans voted against the bill. This was unfortunately not enough votes for the bill to be passed. All of the cuts may not be included in the spending plan for the final months of the fiscal year. The bill must next pass through the senate, which has said that it would veto any measure containing all of the cuts.

            I agree to the budget cuts that have been approved. In the past two weeks the government has been discussing cuts in the educational spending. This is what I do not agree with because we need education for our youth in today’s world. Our youth is our future and if they cannot afford an education the United States will fall from being one of the most powerful countries in the world. Cutting spending from the government’s budget is better than cutting from the educational department.

A statement made in the article caught my attention."When we say we are going to cut spending, read my lips: We are going to cut spending," said House Speaker John Boehner. The reason for this being so interesting is because it shows that we are making an effort to dig our way out of debt. We are making a positive effort to cut in the right places and this may be a great help to everyone in the United States.