[Earthdweller]

"We’re screwed and I can tell you why with one question: What would the people that currently get the money we would be saving do if we really cut as he suggested?

Why..they would go on government assistance of course! That is why there is a need for cutting it all gradually..so the system can absorb the shock without the entire economic house collapsing.

[RobRoy]

A lot of those on government assistance would be the ones losing their money, I think. And we all know what a sense of entitlement, and a loss of your check, can mean to your “riot/looting” tendency. ;-)