[triumphant values]

Notice not a soul will talke about Rand Paul’s plan to balance the budget in 5 years without touching Soc Sec or Medicare. He actually has the audacity to suggest shutting down 4 unecessary agencies.

I'll talk about it. The numbers Paul is putting out there are absolute hogwash. You could shut down all the agencies Paul listed and then some, and without massive cuts to Soc. Sec. and Medicare it won't even move decimal point on the future debt.

In fact, it won't be too long where you could reduce the entire federal government to nothing but a Soc. Sec. and Medicare check mailing facility and still run a deficit.

[Georgia Girl 2]

“I’ll talk about it. The numbers Paul is putting out there are absolute hogwash. You could shut down all the agencies Paul listed and then some, and without massive cuts to Soc. Sec. and Medicare it won’t even move decimal point on the future debt.”

Well it adds up pretty quickly. You could start with the $105 Billion in Obamacare that could be cut now and then dropping 4 agencies especially HUD which is a nighmare and a 20% cut in Defense. That gets you pretty far down the road. Personally I am for paring Social Security back to just a retirement program only which was the original intent. That would greatly reduce the spending.