On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 09:48:57 +1100, "Rod Speed"
wrote:

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.


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

And thats a perfectly reasonable position on spending cuts.

It is, however, no the question I asked.

Re-read the question:

No need.

In which case, Politics being what it is and where the decision will
be taken, No One will ever back off from spending what they want on
things they support.

Which is what it's going to take.

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.

It is, however, the more Honest answer that will be required. It will
Not be the case that one sector will take the entire hit. Everyone
gets to have a piece of this one. That means some sort of compromise.

So, what's on the table for cuts and elimination that You (or he)
support? What will You give up willingly to bring some sense of
fiscal sanity?

Nothing? At all?

Then it predictably won't happen, will it?

Cutting (though not eliminating) all or even Most military
expenditures won't solve the problem, and predictably will create some
new ones.