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International Fund for Ireland. $17 million annual savings.

Hey, we can't cut funding to Ireland!!!!!!!

Nope, it can all go.

First: How much is it now?
Second: What should it be?

1)Federally, $7.25
2) $0.00

Not just pecking on any particular post that would lament this or that loss but, if people want products and services they'll pay for them. If not, oh well. Must not have been that essential.

Most of the list is a few million here and a few million there. Pfft. I know 2 items either of which would save more than most 10 things above added up. stop free flow of products and humans and cash either direction on the Mexican border and end the phony war on drugs. those two alone, a half a trillion a year.
Course, a lot of people would have to find gainful employment. Some of them in Mexico.

" Eliminate Mohair Subsidies. $1 million annual savings."

That is just flat WRONG.

Mohair rocks !

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I don't figure I'll miss it since I have nothing that is Mohair. miles

All of that stuff can go but it's not going to come anywhere near solving the problems. You have to look at the whole budget to see what it'll take to fix it. The military is the largest single item in the budget but the "non-discretionary" spending stuff like social security, medicare, medicaid, and the 30 or so programs that should rightly be called welfare but are named something else so they don't have to be classified as "welfare" are where the big money is spent. These social programs which are really enormous vote buying schemes are where the real money is spent and they're the only place where the huge amounts of money necessary to balance the budget can be cut. These huge social programs are also what keeps most incumbent politicians in office so there's virtually no chance that they're going to chop them.

You can cut the $17 million in aid to Ireland if it makes you feel better but it's just a drop in the bucket, it's not going to fix anything. Just Obama's trip to India alone cost an estimated 1 Billion dollars, 5800 times the amount spent on the Irish aid. I'd rather just keep Obama's sorry ass at home and keep the Guinness flowing.

The Department of Homeland Security should be very high on that list

The end-of-year DHS Annual Financial Report for FY 2010 showed a net cost of operations of $56.4 billion

Seems to me we got along just fine for well over 200yrs with out it, why do we need it now?

I can guarantee the cost will only go up.

Plenty of folks are used to sucking at the federal governments tit.. The withdrawl jones could be painful.

Did I miss cutting the funding of Obama care?

Dubya suspended the DavisBacon act immediately following Hurricane Katrina and the illegals flooded into Louisiana and Mississippi.

Due away with

Freddy Mac
Fannie May
NPR
All Obama Czars ane staff

Just eliminate the entire Dept. Homeland Security and revert to the old depts like fbi, cia, and other initials. Also Dept. of Education. worthless and never educated anyone). I think Egypt aid is closer to 1.4 billion/annum.

Why not curtail foreign aid? I've heard we spend $40 billion fighting AIDS in foreign countries. How about instead a newspaper ad that says, "Don't have sex without a you-know-what." Cost about $500.

How about curtailing support for the UN? Charge 'em real estate and income taxes. What good is an organization which has Libya and Iran on its human rights committee?

Tell China they can either float their currency or we'll put a 35% tariff on 'em.

Cut every agency budget by 25%. Let each agency head decide what to cut.

Make it illegal to spend money an ANYTHING that does not benefit at least 60% of the citizens. Example: Make it illegal to build a bridge in Ohio. If the taxpayers in Ohio want a bridge, they can pay for it themselves.

Appoint a bipartisan committee to cut the tax code to 50 pages. Congress to vote up or down, without amendment.

Make it illegal for any former congressman or federal employee to work for a lobbying firm.

There's nothing on that list that is really needed.

Yep, dump the whole list. At least it's a start.


maddog

That's a start, but it doesn't go anywhere near far enough, deep enough, or fast enough.

Yes a very good start. Add Homeland, HHS, HUD and the EPA and we would be really on our way. Oh yeah, eliminate all funding to the UN and kick them out of the US.

Cut with a large blade! I see nothing on that list that is essential to the country as a whole. Also check the signature line!

How about reduce all SS and SSI and welfare payments 5% and eliminate COLA in those programs for say 5 years. Someone could run the # but that would save Mucho bucks and place SS nearly back on track (ie retirement benefits paid for by current SS Tax).