[Major Matt Mason]

Sorry, but spending must be cut back to levels from earlier this decade, not frozen at the ridiculously high levels currently in place. The GOP's response must include a statement like this, and the GOP's mantra should be to cut, not freeze.

[kabar]

Since the entitlement programs and debt servicing costs make up half of the budget and consume all of the tax revenue, this freeze on non-security funding is meaningless. Here is a video illustrating our problem.

Budget cuts