Originally Posted by Robbie

Yep. But they refuse to cut unnecessary spending of any sort.

When any spending cuts are brought up they say: "Well that's only 1% of the budget, blah-blah-blah"

What they don't say is...And yes, if we cut that 1% and this other spending bill that is 0.3%, and this other one that is 2% and so on...we would actually STOP SPENDING on stupid shit. lol

They just won't. All you have to do is turn the news on and see them lobbing missiles in Libya. Or trying to prosecute Roger Clemmons for "lying" to Congress about steroid use (another great example of wasting money), or the thousands of bullshit pork spending bills and ludicrous "research" grants.

The list goes on and on.

Yeah, it would be nice to build a library in Bumfuck. Or do a study on monkeys fucking each other in the ass...IF we weren't in debt.

And that's the rub.
They just refuse to stop spending even on the stupid shit. It's always an excuse so they can keep the federal gravy train flowing in their home states so they can get re-elected.