While I agree that Powell is incorrect. I disagree with one item here. We should not be talking ‘cutting’. This makes people defensive and generates unnnecessary acrimony.
We should instead be discussing what we should ‘fund’. Start from zero and fund what we must first, what we want 2nd just like a business or home budget. Start with nothing and build - fight on the unnecessary up to the limit first. Debt paydown must be considered as a requirement.
My personal take fund the following: 1) Defense, 2) Debt paydown, 3) Embassies, 4) Social Security/Medicare from age 70 and those already in (given current life expectancies of mid-late 70s), 5) feel free to add yours here until you get to 3% below forecasted revenues.
We must stop discussing cuts and start discussing building the future.
The mission statement - the bumper sticker description of the mission - of the federal government is tosecure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterityIt is a disgrace to snakes, what many voters will allow and enable politicians to do to the prospects of their own grandchildren.