[Paladin2]

"major spending cuts"

Uh, wouldn't those be just minor rate of increase reductions?

[GAB-1955]

Even cutting the rate of increase can bring Federal spending under control as the rest of the economy grows. Perhaps I should say “if” the rest of the economy grows, but when there is less money being taken by the Feds, there’s more money to spend hiring people and paying down the debt to a manageable level.

Next - balanced budgets and deficit reduction.

[andyk]

Uh, wouldn't those be just minor rate of increase reductions?

Geez, you're such a stickler.