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Originally Posted by BBQMan
...Any serious attempt to get our deficit and debt under control will require significant cutbacks in US Government employment and careful scrutiny of the benefit programs with an eye to reduction of costs. This means ruthless priority setting and abandonment of many existing programs.
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Agreed wholeheartedly.
The only question is: do you want our dysfunctional Congress and wishy-washy President making quick decisions on what gets cut and what doesn't?
If we can't get rid of a lot of them, maybe our government will remain dysfunctional and it wouldn't make any difference whether they make these decisions quickly or after proper evaluation. If our government remains as polarized and ideologically-driven as it is now, I guess it wouldn't make much difference.