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Eliminate a few federal departments and reduce the federal budget by, say, 70 percent, and earmarks take on a new insignificance.

Usually I bring this up when Paul supporters rant about the unconstitutional income tax, but a 70% budget reduction works too.

You support the income tax, I understand that.

Do you support social security? Tax and benefits, Paul supporters give me different answers on that issue.

For what is essentially junior high analysis, wikipedia will suffice.

Show me your 70% reduction, and yes, throwing grandma off the train is fine.

For Paul supporters, explain your support for the unconstitutional income tax, social security too if you're opposed.

Ron Paul's supporters bring new meaning to sophmoric.

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Total Receipts

Estimated receipts for fiscal year 2006 are $2.2 trillion. This expected income is broken down by the following sources:

$966.9 billion (44.4%) - Individual income tax
$818.8 billion (37.6%) - Social Security and other payroll taxes
$220.3 billion (10.1%) - Corporate income tax
$75.6 billion (3.5%) - Excise taxes
$26.1 billion (1.2%) - Estate and gift taxes
$28.3 billion (1.3%) - Customs duties
$41.6 billion (1.9%) - Other

[edit] Total Spending

The President's budget for 2006 totals $2.6 trillion. This budget request is broken down by the following expenditures:

$544.8 billion (20.90%) - Social Security
$512.1 billion (18.00%) - Defense
$359.5 billion (13.79%) - Unemployment and welfare
$345.7 billion (13.26%) - Medicare
$268.4 billion (10.30%) - Medicaid and other health related
$211.1 billion (8.10%) - Interest on debt
$88.7 billion (3.40%) - Education and training
$70.7 billion (2.71%) - Transportation
$68.4 billion (2.62%) - Veterans' benefits
$43.1 billion (1.65%) - Administration of justice
$38.4 billion (1.47%) - Foreign affairs
$31.2 billion (1.20%) - Natural resources and environment
$26.0 billion (1.00%) - Agriculture
$24.0 billion (0.92%) - Science and technology
$19.1 billion (0.73%) - Community and regional development
$17.8 billion (0.68%) - General government
$2.1 billion (0.08%) - Energy

And yes, I acknowledge RP votes NO,NO, NO on all kinds of stuff.

Will you acknowledge his votes are, well, irrelevant.