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Originally Posted by ADL Colin
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.
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But we pay for those programs through a clearly labeled separate tax. Everybody knows exactly how much they're putting into social security and what it is to be used for, so I don't feel bad about paying that part. It would be nice if other taxes were as clearly divided, so people would at least know which portions to point to if they want to protest something. Oh, and I want a unicorn too.
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