How about the special medical insurance and retirement for the senate? Let them draw social security like their constituents. That would at least prod them into being more careful with that money.
Defense spending could be cut.
How about corporate welfare? There are millions wasted there that could be cut.
We spend $25 billion maintaining unused or abandoned federal properties. Sell the damned things. In addition to the income from the sale, it would save us a bundle.
We are spending $2.6 million of our tax dollars to train chinese prostitutes to drink responsibly on the job. I am betting that program could be cut.
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/conten...x?RsrcID=47976
A GAO audit found that 95 Pentagon weapons systems suffered from a combined $295 billion in cost overruns.
Congress recently gave Alaska Airlines $500,000 to paint a Chinook salmon on a Boeing 737.
The Defense Department wasted $100 million on unused flight tickets and never bothered to collect refunds even though the tickets were refundable.
The idea that budget cuts will cause problems is just a ploy used by those who have a stake in the game. Don't fall for it, Mott.
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