[durasell]

Uh, yeah. Where do you propose making the cuts?

[mamelukesabre]

Everywhere. Cut till it hurts. The best first step would be to freeze all budget growth. No automatic budget increases. No automatic adjustments for inflation. All budgets are fixed from now on for the next 25 years. Each department will figure out their own way to meet their budgets.

I would propose abolishing the federal department of education entirely.

No more college pell grants. Drastic cuts in student loans.

No more disaster relief. That’s what insurance companies are for.
Medicaid gets axed completely.
Crack down on SS benefits awarded for fraudulent disabilities. SS should be for senior citizens only.
All the assistance programs to young single mothers should be axed immediately.
All federal money to planned parenthood should be axed immediately.
All federal money to after school programs should be axed immediately.

I could go on. But the most important thing would be to freeze all budgets.

[County Agent Hank Kimball]

Uh, yeah. Where do you propose making the cuts?

Everywhere not constitutionally permitted. Let's see, we can start by eliminating:

-Department of Agriculture

-Department of Health and Human Services

-Department of Energy

-Department of Education

-Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

-Environmental Protection Agency

-Occupational Safety and Health Administration

-Public Broadcasting

-National Endowment for the Arts

-Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

That's just off the top of my head. I'm sure I've missed a bunch, but like a hundred lawyers at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.....that's a good start.

Hank