Well we are broke as hell. STOP SPENDING!!
“Well we are broke as hell. STOP SPENDING!!”
We are not “broke as hell”. The government takes in $2 trillion a year in revenue because our economy remains one of the strongest in the world. Once Trump takes office, it will become the strongest in the world, bar none.
The economy is largely a fiction. Most money today (including most of the debt you’re referring to) is nothing more than bits in a computer memory. If our debt is in some way a tangible problem, the government could easily write it off. Do you recall the proposal to mint “Obama coins” worth $1 trillion? Just a few of those would pay off the debt... ;-)
The bottom line is: government research is necessary, and provides tangible benefits - unlike the vast majority of government spending. DARPA and NASA are two entities that deserve MORE funding, not less. Cut the actual fat, like the food stamp program or the myriad regulatory entities that do little but stifle economic growth.