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Originally Posted by elysiantraveller
Proper steps would be to revamp Social Security and Medicare... something this president says is off the table despite being GOP platform back in 2010 when the grand bargain talks were happening.
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I'm very glad to see that entitlement programs are on your list of the cutting table.
Problem is, there isn't a Congress-person that can run on a platform of entitlement cuts and get elected, much less a President. Our elders simply won't vote for the betterment of people after them. Even my parents that I love and cherish will vote against anybody that will change funding for SS or Medicare/Medicaid.
Thus, I'm sure the next move would be to cut defense spending which would put our country at serious risk since we have been involved in military actions around the world since WWII, and are the "world's keeper".
Those are the biggest buckets to cut, and the ones that have to be cut if we are ever to balance a budget and start paying back our ridiculous debt. Which sword do we fall upon?
