No one is talking about “cutting” the Fed budget!!
No need to. There is no necessary constraint.
Nobody talks about cutting a household budget until something happens...until a breadwinner loses a job, unexpected car repair, etc.
Needs to be some "rock and hardplace" pincer move around congress before a budget even has meaning.
Why has the fed budget ballooned? 1) Because you have people that are taking from the system who don't pay into the current system; and 2) People paying into the system who don't realize what they are truly paying.
Progressives hate the FairTax because everyone will have to pay and everyone will see exactly how much. How many people here have objected to the FairTax because of the rate? The rate is revenue neutral so we already pay that whether directly or in the form of depressed wages or higher prices. I want people to look at their sales receipts and say "that is too much." Then is when we will truly get everyone interested in cutting the Federal budget.