I’m always amused when I talk about returning to small government with some big government leftist and they ask (seriously!), what would you cut? Implying that there is nary an ounce of fat on the beast. My reply is usually “Give me a copy of the budget and a red pen and I’ll have the budget in surplus with room for a large tax-cut by dinner.”
Dept of Education – gone
Dept of Energy – gone
Dept of Labor – gone
Dept of HHS – gone
Dept of HUD – gone
EPA and OSHA - gone
AM TRACK - Sold to Private for a Dollar
National Endowment for the ARTS and NPR - Gone
Dept of Agriculture - Gone
SBA - Gone
Weather Bureau - Gone
Homeland security folded into Dept of Defense, duplicate functions eliminated
Dept of Defense (even though I think it’s one of the few legitimate things the Feds do, can eliminate a fair amount of waste as well and probably provide better defense for half the cost. Increase soldiers pay and eliminate the pork weapons systems)
Dept of Veterans affairs – also eliminate lots of waste and fold essential veterans services back into Dept of Defense
3 day a week post office delivery. Charge EXTRA for home delivery. Push towards Centralized mail pick up.
Exit the UN, let the third world thugs who drive its agenda pay for it. Sell the prime riverfront real estate in NYC. Start cutting foreign aid radically. We overdo it.
Medicare, Medicaid, So-so security – put all the liabilities back on budget so people know what’s actually been promised and why there’s no way we can pay it, start raising eligibility requirements and reducing benefits and begin privatization ala Chile so that people actually do have trust fund accounts and younger employees don’t get stuck with a 40 year savings account with a negative interest rate.
That should more than eliminate the deficit and that’s without the budget and a red pen.
If I think of more or if you can, let me know. Time to cut out the stupid. The way you get out of debt is to quit spending money.
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