These pictures say nothing about the massive entitlements of the illegals in this country and the non-working parasites.
Politicians are afraid to cut those entitlement because they are afraid of riots.
Clearly the target here is social security and medicare. Old folks don’t riot.
The math is simple. If we pay Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, Unemployment & Other Entitlements, and Net Interest of the existing debt, [and cut defense and discretionary spending by 98% from existing levels, from $1277B to $20B] we can almost eliminate our annual deficit!
Our choices are: (1) cut entitlements seriously, or (2) pass the problem on to our kids when it’s even worse. Personally, I think we need to start moving the Social Security retirement age out toward 70, at least for those under age 55 (50?), just so the problem doesn’t snowball even more two decades from now, but also so we aren’t changing the rules on those close to retirement. I also think we need to tighten up Medicare/Medicaid eligibility and what is covered under those programs. We simply can’t afford a government that plays Santa Clause. Unemployment Insurance needs to be cut back - we can’t afford to pay people to stay home as they look for the perfect job at their old level of pay. It won’t be popular, but our choice is to do the right thing in each of these areas of leave our children with a crippling debt (or both if we don’t act imediately).
Cut 15 percent across the board and save 550 billion
Cut the Bush Tax cuts and save...........850 billion
1.5 trillion saved