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What would I be willing to give up?
Regulatory agencies
Foreign aid
Pork projects for my state/district
Government-run education
Needless and counterproductive wars--Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo, etc.
Idiotic treaties--Carbon tax, global warming, etc.
Economic development schemes
Cash for clunkers
Obamacare
Consentual "crime" enforcement--drugs, prostitution, gambling, etc.
"Homeland security"
Patriot act
Government meddling in general
I want honest answers here. What government service that gives you some sort of benefit or makes your life better would you give up in order to cut taxes or reduce the budget deficit?
Honestly, I can't think of any other than maybe a smaller military and department of homeland security.
Most people want to make government smaller, but only for those other guys.
I think that we could close about half the overseas military bases and save a few bucks while not sacrificing of our own security while doing so. Let someone else take on some of the responsibilities of being the world cop.
That list up there has lots of holes.
That list up there has lots of holes.
Basicly, if it's not allowed in the Constitution, I'd like to see it go away.
Education isn't allowed.
Healthcare isn't allowed.
Welfare isn't allowed.
Socialist Security isn't allowed.
Medicare isn't allowed.
Farm subsidies aren't allowed.
Subsidies aren't allowed, period.
National Endowment for the Arts isn't allowed.
etc etc etc.
The military is allowed....it should be watched carefully.
The purpose of the military is national defense, not Kosovo Defense or Europe Defense or Haiti Recovery.
We could pretty much do away with 90% of the federal budget and I'd be happy.
I'm always curious about the "thought processes" of people who would have us abandon the role of "global cop."I would gladly give up having Social Security and Medicare in the general fund, especially if the government were willing to pay back those IOUs and keep said funds in a real trust account, bearing interest, of course.
I'd be willing to give up military bases in parts of the world that are no threat to us any more, and more than willing to give up the role of global cop.
I'd give up agricultural subsidies.
I'd sell off GM stock and cut my losses there.
And, close down the Department of Education.
I suppose it's too late to take back those bailouts of enterprises "too big to fail."
I'd give up Medicare Part D in exchange for the right to negotiate drug prices and get those #@$$!! prescription drug ads off television.
That's just off the top of my head. I'm sure there is more that we could do without.
I'm always curious about the "thought processes" of people who would have us abandon the role of "global cop."
Does this mean that you'd be comfortable with the global savagery, which would surely follow? Or do you entertain some fantasy that this would not occur?
I want honest answers here. What government service that gives you some sort of benefit or makes your life better would you give up in order to cut taxes or reduce the budget deficit?
Honestly, I can't think of any other than maybe a smaller military and department of homeland security.
Most people want to make government smaller, but only for those other guys.
Why are there NO entitlement programs on this list? OK, fine, you only get ten, but NOAA? NEA? Small fry. Who would give up the courts system?
I'm always curious about the "thought processes" of people who would have us abandon the role of "global cop."
Does this mean that you'd be comfortable with the global savagery, which would surely follow? Or do you entertain some fantasy that this would not occur?
Here's an idea, since this is a free country: If you want to get involved in Angola's civil war, you either go over there and join a side, or you send your very own personal money to one side or the other, or do whatever you want about it, so long as that whatever does not include my money, my children, or my government.
Shouldnt it be about bad and good spending rather than whole departments?
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