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But I, conversely, can’t figure out how to get the toothpaste back in the tube.

Cut everything off and we’ll have people standing in the streets begging for help ala Katrina. Keep things in place, the programs grow and grow.

Yep, the toothpaste is definitely out the tube. With either Mitt or Obama the Rats, GOP-e and RINOs will form the governing coalition of rabid Statism.

It pains me to hear Mark Levin talk of spending the next 80 years rolling back government. Any objective reading of history clearly shows that has never happened, nor will it ever happen.

Some catastrophic event or series of highly volatile events will have to occur to compel the States to dissolve the various unconstitutional Federal bureaucracies. Large numbers of Federal bureaucrats will have to be fired and their pensions revoked. All buildings that housed the unconstitutional federal activities must be grazed and the land sold to private individuals.

All courts below the Supreme Court need to be dissolved and re-constituted with very strict Constitutionalists. The very first evil amendment that must be repealed is the 17th, shortly followed by the 16th.

For Liberty to once again reign in our Republic, unconstitutional Federal government power must be neutralized in a very short term (few years max). There is no other way to defeat the parasite class that inhabits D.C.

When D.C. and the surrounding areas constitute the seven poorest counties in America, then you will know that Liberty is once again present across our great land.

Sadly, the likeness of any of this happening is 0.00000000000000001

All is not lost; Our Founders were be quite surprised to see that our Republic has lasted as long as it has. The were very wise about the nature of man and the utterly vile, sadistic, evil humans that are attracted to public service (should really be called Public Abuse.)

Yes, it would be impractical to cut off all the entitlements completely and simutaneously. So, we just need to think of workable solutions (why can’t Newt worry about these “American Solutions”?!?)

I can think of two possible avenues we could try. First, we could try to phase the programs out. Do a review of all recipients, grandfather in those truly in need who cannot adjust rapidly, at least for a period of time, and then stop accepting any new applications for assistance.

Second option, we partially privatize all the programs by farming out the administration to privately operated relief organizations, and supply them with a steadily diminishing amount of funding over a period of years. Let them determine standards and controls that will allow them to help the people most in need and weed out the parasites, as well as run programs to transition people off the rolls. If they are successful, and meet their targets, the organizations can get a “bonus” of funds for their own discretionary spending, giving them a profit motive to find ways to accomplish the job efficiently.