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spurgeonryan said:

Everyone says they are sick of paying for the poor, elderly, insane, etc. But how would this country deal with these programs being closed down? Not even automatically. Lets say over a five year time period.

Clinton greatly reduced dependence on Welfare in America during his second term in office. The country is still here. Now Medicare is being cut, and America is struggling to afford other programs. Would everything be alright if 90%-100% of socialistic programs were shut down?

Maybe we should? Better than cutting defense. Other countries are just biding their time for when we do. Guarrantee it!

Why? Why should you assume that? Cutting the defence budget wouldn't necessarily be the cataphophe it is often made out to be by some. You could end up doing 'more-for-less' and making other efficiency saving. The government might even be able to apply permanent tax cuts without having to raise the borrowing "limit".

But if anyone tries to mess with the US defence budget, the media jump all over them and they're pretty much driven out of the country The military is about the only thing the right-wing actually want to spend tax money on.