The "Big Four" all need to be cut.......

Bandit

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Wed Feb-09-11 11:15 AM
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The "Big Four" all need to be cut.......

That is what Alan Simpson is saying and he was one of the heads of the "Cat food Commission". The "Big Four" ... Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and Defense.. Here is the deal though, even if Defense were to be cut in half, it would still be more than when Bush* came to Power. Any cuts in the other three though would be devastating

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JuniperLea

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Wed Feb-09-11 11:19 AM
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1. Defense dwarfs the other three...

And there is NO return on the "investment." I really hate to see the other three lumped into the killing fund.

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snappyturtle

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Wed Feb-09-11 11:21 AM
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3. Yes! I have to remember your term for the defense fund...perfect! nt

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snappyturtle

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Wed Feb-09-11 11:19 AM
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2. I think we should tighten our seatbelts during the unveiling of cuts.

I wish I could see two decades into the future to know how we should be handling this budgetary stuff now.

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xchrom

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Wed Feb-09-11 11:25 AM
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4. the big 4 cuts will start out slowly with some cuts in defence to throw a bone

to the left.

they'll also design the cuts to divide americans -- by age or by setting it out in the future.

IMO -- it's going to happen and it's a crime.

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TomClash

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Wed Feb-09-11 11:50 AM
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5. A few fun facts

Social Security pays for itself and the rest of the budget owes it a ton of money.

Interest on the national debt almost equals Medicaid spending.

"Defense" of the Empire should include the odious boondoggle called "Homeland Security," previously called the KGB, the NKVD and the SS in other countries in other eras. That boosts its share to around $1 trillion.

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Hutzpa

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Wed Feb-09-11 11:53 AM
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6. It's only in America that

people will be suggesting to cut Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.

Sad really.

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