Don Homuth dhomuthoneatcomcast.net@ wrote:
On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:17:33 -0800, Billy
wrote:

In article ,
Don Homuth dhomuthoneatcomcast.net@ wrote:


The best means of cutting through the noise is to ask a simple
question:

Which federal expenditures that You support would you like to see
cut or eliminated? Be specific.

NB: It is Not appropriate to recommend cuts in expenditures that
Someone Else supports that you do not. Turnabout and all - they
can't cut Your preferred expenditures either when they make
suggestions for spending cuts.

So, have at it.

Defense department, i.e. military industrial complex. The US
presently spends 40% of the world's military expenditures.

Nope - that's playing fast and loose.

Nope. The US could return to isolationism militarily if it
wanted to specially now that the cold war has ended.

You already don't support DoD spending at its current level.

And thats a perfectly reasonable position on spending cuts.

Re-read the question:

No need.

What federal expenditures that You Support would you like to cut or eliminate?

He doesnt have to restrict it to stuff he does support just because you demand that.

I't's a tad Too facile to suggest cutting or eliminating things that Other Folks support.

No it isnt. Its perfectly reasonable to decide that the military industrial complex
isnt worth paying for anymore now that there is no real threat to the US militarily.

Try it again.

He doesnt need to do that, that cut alone would fix the national debt eventually.