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Originally Posted by Seaver
Great idea I think. I have little faith in the execution of it, but it's finally an idea I like.
Are you honestly saying there isn't much fat to cut from the US Government? You can take a hatchet to the annual budget and never hit anything with actual meat. It's unpopular to point out the pork each Senator/Congressman pours into every bill with earmarks because their committee appointments make it so they can in turn block anything you want.
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No. I am saying that anyone who runs on a platform of cutting spending without talking about cutting social security, medicare or the military is not serious about cutting spending.
Again, all those programs he lists in that site are less than a tenth of a percent of the budget.
Earmarks are less than 2% of the budget.
This is like a candidate running on a platform of being tough on crime by promising he will end jaywalking. Or saying that he will promote education by promising to give a pencil to each kid.
So until a Republican runs on cutting medicare, social security or the military, this is just a marketing campaign. Republicans might end up spending more on promoting this youcut site than what some of the programs listed there might cost.