[Texasforever]

Where are you going to cut?

[FatherTorque]

Don't tell me you really think there is no room to cut spending? Nah, I know you aren't saying that.

[FreeReign]

Where are you going to cut?

One thing is certain. We will never cut mandatory spending while we have a D as president OR while we have a D controlled House OR Senate.

Vote out the congressional D's in 2004.

[Jim Robinson]

Well, using your chart and figures, I'd start by cutting the social security program out of the government - privatize it (and save 23% of the total budget). Next cut Medicare out (save 12%) and cut Medicaid out (7%) and the other means tested entitlements out (7%) - privatize all three and or turn them back to the state and local governments. Next cut 90% of the non-defense discretionary spending (saving 17% of the total budget). Also, there is no such thing as other mandated (6%) that can't at least be cut in half, so save another 3%. And surely we can even find some fat and waste in the defense budget to cut. And finally. the interest payments will begin falling once we quit digging deeper holes. There, I think I just cut the federal outlay by nearly 80% and saved us at least one thousand, six hundred billion dollars per year and falling. Easy as pie.