Congress and the Budget Process

It is difficult for politicians to craft a budget because they have to keep in mind what issue they want to commit to and what people it will affect, but by doing so they are leaving less money to go towards other issues, so they have to choose what they believe is most important and what will benefit all Americans the best. One scenario that I faced was whether or not to launch a government run health insurance plan to compete with private insurers. This would be a government run health care that would cover a lot of Americans and pressure private plans to reduce their premiums. But it would cause the federal government to become more involved in providing health insurance. Another decision I had to ponder about was whether or not to raise the social security age. It would save a lot of money but it would also force the elderly to work until they're at age 70, which not all of them would be able to do. The last scenario was whether or not to eliminate most federal education funding. This would save 782 billion dollars but cut the funding for low income and disadvantaged children. I felt that all of these were important because they affected Americans varying in age from very young to the elderly. They all would also drastically change many of the things that we are accustomed to, and some would add to what we already have but some would take take from what we have, which may cause controversy among the people.