[Colorado Doug]

We either gut the military, gut Medicare, or gut Social Security, increase the deficit, or raise taxes. Those are the options. pick one.

Really? Those are our only choices? Personally, I would start by gutting the EPA and about a dozen other worthless and or dangerous agencies first. The side benefit would be the return of a robust economy. How about we cut back on the countless muslim outreach programs both at home and abroad? obama wants to give all of the non-military federal employees a raise. There are other places to cut spending without gutting anything that you suggest.

[Colorado Doug]

That said, I do believe that the military has to show better stewardship of the money that they do have and that some cuts are in order.

[garbanzo]

Those are the only choices. Even if we completely *zeroed out* discretionary non-defense spending we’re still in the hole from interest payments, entitlements, and defense spending.