That would be nice—and hopefully it is done.
But—the notion that you are going to cut a trillion dollars and not accidentally hit some “bone” is a standard of perfection that cannot be met in the real world.
It is like telling troops on the battlefield not to kill any civilians while the other side gets to kill anyone they want.
It is the difference between Vietnam and World War II.
You win—then you mitigate the inevitable problems as best you can—and yes sometimes you can not mitigate every one of them.
“the notion that you are going to cut a trillion dollars and not accidentally hit some “bone” is a standard of perfection that cannot be met in the real world.”
Medical costs are about half that of that in the USA in Western Europe.
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One of thing to do is change taxes from fixed rates to program cost-related rates.
If Congress votes for $6 billion/year to spread perversion globally, it thinks that is without a cost.
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If Americans want European-level handouts, they need to expect to pay European level taxation.