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On the contrary, I think people do care about cutting government spending. They just want it cut from very specific places, and there's no widespread agreement
by amalcon 16y ago
On the contrary, I think people do care about cutting government spending. They just want it cut from very specific places, and there's no widespread agreement on where these places are. Do you want cuts in defense? In social security/medicare? The interstate highway system? Government worker benefits? Unemployment benefits? Veterans' benefits? It's all well and good to cut spending (at pretty much every level), and it's going to have to be done, but every time a serious effort comes along to actually do it, it gets drowned in details.
- dennisgorelik 16y agoIf you really want to cut spending, then you would want to cut spending in almost all areas. If majority of voters want to cut government spending in more than 50% of areas, then spending would be cut. In the list you provided I'd say everything should be cut. Say, 10%/year cut until spending is at least 50% lower. My personal preference would be not to cut interstate highway system too much, but everything else deserves at least 50% cut in the next 10 years.