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indeed. for example, the GOP has a list of the top 5 things they want to cut to save money for the government (can't find the website offhand). they're nothin
by noodle 16y ago
indeed. for example, the GOP has a list of the top 5 things they want to cut to save money for the government (can't find the website offhand). they're nothing more than token issues which would, in total, reduce the budget expenditure by something like 0.00001%.
here's a graph of how the 2010 budget is spent:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fy2010_spending_by_category.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fy2010_spending_by_categor...
no one on either side of the aisle wants to touch cutting anything that will actually matter
- jacoblyles 16y agoHave you seen Paul Ryan's "Roadmap" budget?
- quanticle 16y agoI have. I also know that the "Roadmap" budget has been intentionally buried by the Republican leadership because they don't want the people to know what kind of sacrifices they'll have to make if they want to reduce the deficit without raising taxes.
- jacoblyles 16y agoIt's heartening for me to see a realistic plan to balance the budget that doesn't start with the assumption that current spending levels are fixed.