Cutting $400 bil a year from the budget is like cutting soda from a household budget. Nice try, but it’s only a fraction of a fraction that needs to be cut.
As long as we have an EPA, we’re still spending too much.
As long as we have an Education Department, we're still spending too much.
Oh Hell, as long as we have [fill in your favorite bureaucracy], we're still spending too much.
There was an amusing thread yesterday featuring the "10 worst debate mistakes" -- it went back as far as Gerald Ford and his statement that the USSR did not dominate Eastern Europe.
Well, two of the Top 10 came from Rick Perry. I'm not really picking on Rick, but they were pretty funny. His most amusing was when he tried to name the 3 US Departments that he would certainly eliminate. They were, "Education, Commerce, and ... uh, uh , uh ..." Eventually a bit of chuckling all around ensued. Someone yelled out "EPA?" and Perry laughed out loud and said "EPA! Right!" and then struggled some more but couldn't really complete his point.
At that point, a moderator said, "Just for clarity governor, is EPA the third department?" And Perry laughed again and said, "No, that isn't the one. I'll think of it later."
And right there we see the problem. We need to cut more than just 3 departments, and, yes, EPA is certainly one of them.
Plus, over 10 years? What a scam. Make the maroons think something is actually being done, then shift gears two years out.
EPA, Dept of Education, Dept of Labor, Dept of Commerce, etc........