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And I suppose Rocky needs a new pair of boxing gloves.
There is wasteful spending all accross government. I’m all for trimming the defense budget, BUT ONLY IF THEY CUT ALL OTHER AGENCIES” BUDGET BY AN EQUAL EXPENSE.
That includes all of the Capital Hill perks and other non-essential government “goodies.”
I still want to know why Barack’s lavish trip to India and the East did not require legislative budget approval?
If the president has an unlimited slush fund for these things, it needs accountability.
Well, now that my blood pressure is up, I think I’ll open a beer.

There are some government agencies that have a Constitutional mandate, that serve a real function, that benefit society and are critical to maintain at a federal level, then there is the rest of the government which Obama sees as his sacred cow but serve secondary or tertiary roles that are by no means anything the government should even have their fingers in:

ie. Department of Education, Administration on Aging, African Development Foundation, Commission of Fine Arts, Community Planning and Development, Council on Environmental Quality, Office of Elementary and Secondary education, English Language Acquisition office, Institute of Peace, Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Multi Family Housing Office........................... That's just through “M.”

Don't cut on things that matter and for which their is a Constitutional basis, things that amount to about a 1/4 - 1/3 of the entire federal budget when the other 2/3 - 3/4 is spent on BS that amounted to “pet projects” of Presidents past that wanted to make some symbolic gesture like Carter with the Department of Education (DE).