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I don't think we need to cut programs, I just think that our current programs aren't administered effectively. We spend trillions and it seems like there's just

• bbctol 10y ago
  Sure, but waste doesn't mean we're "creaking under their load," especially when it comes to entitlement programs. If we just wanted to double the amount we spend on science, energy, and the environment, we'd have some inefficiencies but make a small dent in the overall budget.
• hackuser 10y ago
  > it seems like there's just so much graft and waste. I hear this claim, but I've never seen evidence of it. How much graft and waste is there? In which department? Every large organization has some of it - name one that doesn't. I have yet to see evidence of how relatively efficient or uncorrupt the U.S. government is. I do know that anti-corruption groups generally rate it highly relative to other governments worldwide, but many of those governments are in poor countries with high corruption (the latter being a major cause of the former).