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**sobre** · 01-17-2010, 01:03 AM

Winding down Iraq and Afghanistan + ending the health care tax exemption probably does most of the work, especially in the long-term.

Iraq and Afghanistan amount to about $100 billion per year. Do you honestly think removing health care tax exemptions would raise an additional $900 billion per year? I sure don't.

halve military
end foreign aid
end corporate subsidies
end drug war
end "war on terror"
increase funding DoJ/CIA/Intel

thats a start, then I'd get into the entitlement programs followed by tax cuts once the debt is under control

-Halving military saves about $240 billion
-foreign aid - $2-$3 billion. (Sorry but not much there)
-War on drugs - DOJ's total budget is $20 billion and WOD is only a fraction of that but let's just call it $5 billion
-War on Terror - $145 billion

You've only saved about $400 billion not counting the increased spending so you need to find another $600 billion per year in cuts.

01-17-2010, 01:03 AM	#3
sobre Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 382 Senior Member	Winding down Iraq and Afghanistan + ending the health care tax exemption probably does most of the work, especially in the long-term. Iraq and Afghanistan amount to about $100 billion per year. Do you honestly think removing health care tax exemptions would raise an additional $900 billion per year? I sure don't. halve military end foreign aid end corporate subsidies end drug war end "war on terror" increase funding DoJ/CIA/Intel thats a start, then I'd get into the entitlement programs followed by tax cuts once the debt is under control -Halving military saves about $240 billion -foreign aid - $2-$3 billion. (Sorry but not much there) -War on drugs - DOJ's total budget is $20 billion and WOD is only a fraction of that but let's just call it $5 billion -War on Terror - $145 billion You've only saved about $400 billion not counting the increased spending so you need to find another $600 billion per year in cuts.
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