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Originally Posted by DareRing
Maybe, but I wish we'd try redirecting some of what we're already paying first.
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Intentionally misleading. Discretionary spending is just the non-mandated portion of the budget and is less than half of the US budget. When you look at the whole budget, social programs (Health+Medicare+Social Security+Income Security) are almost 3x what defense spending is.
Nevertheless, I would be more than happy to cut defense spending in addition to those things. I think Medicare D was a mistake (blame Bush first). I'd raise the age for social security benefits to reduce expenses there.
I don't mind having my pockets picked a little but they whack me over the head and steal everything I earn through April.