| Kasz216 said: That's just not true.... We currently need to cut about 11-15% of the budget to be budget nuetral.... Here is the budget.
Where are you putting your cuts that doesn't effect medicare or social security? Only way you could do that is by reducing military spending to below libretarian level... shut down all military bases, greatly cut back. And doing that greatly ignores the fact that Social Security and Medicare costs are rising, meaning you'd need Futher cuts. Don't make it complete deficit reducation and those two and Interest payments go up. |
No offense, but you're not going to get to the truth of the problem by looking at a graph. I would bet that in every one of those larger slices is a few percentiles that go to pet projects and other BS spending. Not to mention people abusing the bureaucracy and charging far too much to the government. Still remember the story of the couple hundred dollar hammer a contractor charged to the government. And of course, nothing was done about it.
So yes, you probably could find a few small cuts here or there in the defense budget. Of course, I would never support cutting soldiers pay or benefits, but I bet there is some overcharging in that department, too. Don't get me wrong, there needs to be something done about Social Security and Medicare. Especially since it really isn't a kind of trust, but more a tax that government feels they can spend how they choose, regardless of what they say its for. However, this Congress and this president lack the stomach for it.
In the end, we'll be much better when people take personal responsibility for their life choices, we shrink the federal government greatly and put the power back where it belongs, in the states. Though, a lot of states need to start looking at their spending habits, as well.
