To balance the budget we need to raise taxes (or stop lowering them), reduce the DOD budget (as it is hitting $1 trillion), and cut spending in Medicare, Medica

To balance the budget we need to raise taxes (or stop lowering them), reduce the DOD budget (as it is hitting $1 trillion), and cut spending in Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security (all three are political third rails). The rest of the budget almost doesn't matter. https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/federal-spending/ https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/feder... As a hypothetical, if we'd cut everything that isn't in the Social Security, Medicare, Defense, Interest, and Health categories we'd still have $169 billion in deficits. Odds are VA benefits will not be cut any time soon, so if that's preserved we still have $429 billion in deficits. And we'll never actually cut all of these spending categories. This leaves us having to touch the untouchable and/or raising taxes to balance the budget and get the debt under control.