05-03-2023, 07:12 PM
Mr645 wrote:
The only real area left with enough budget to make a difference is military. Taxes really need to go back up, government needs to tighten the belt across the board, we need big cuts to military spending and foreign aid. When the credit card is maxed out, you don't go out for steak dinner
Foreign aid is not much; less than 1% of the budget. And the biggest recipient over the years (on average) is Israel.
Good luck getting the GOP to endorse those cuts, or to defense.
This is another manufactured crisis. Just like every other time during my life, when the Dems win the WH, they reduce the deficit spending orgy the last GOP president engaged in.
And now suddenly (again!) the GOP holds the whole country hostage over their new-found concern.
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