[Cronos]

Bluntly put, if you want to cut the debt, start with Social Security and Medicare.

Fully agree. Cut this, cut the EPA, reduce the salaries of all congressmen, senators, the president, state senators etc. by 25% to 50% and we'll save a bundle straight away.

[OldPossum]

You do realize that state senators are paid by the state governments, don’t you?

And I think that if you were to reduce the salaries of the congressmen, U.S. senators, the president, etc., I think you would come up with a very small number in relationship to the overall budget.