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Obviously, I would love a smaller government that absorbs less revenue, but entitlement reform is the only way to make a real dent and that's not even being discussed.
entitlement reform
True, but the largest single line item is either interest on debt or defense, both of which could be brought down significantly by firing 80% of federal workforce
I don't mean their salaries consume that much, but their actions do.
Defense is even more of a non-starter than entitlements, though.
The workforce reduction messages from the Trump administration have indicated that there will be increased military personnel.
Trump administration have indicated that there will be increased military personnel.
Hopefully less wars = less spending
Agreed
Medicaid is a handout not entitlement
A distinction without a difference
we need to stop using the word entitlement because no one is entitled to any government welfare program
I agree, but all of those programs are handouts. People are entitled to what they've acquired voluntarily and nothing else.
Medicare
Social Security
Medicaid
Defense
Interest on debt
Not necessarily in this order
We can make cuts in Medicaid. For instance stop covering pregnancies. I know Ron Paul delivered babies but Medicaid should not
I'm on board for any reductions in any of these programs.
I haven't heard any serious proposals to do so, though.
politically, Medicaid is easiest to cut
Sort of. It might get replaced by a Medicare for All disaster, but I don't see doing away with government provided health care for the poor.
vs senior citizens?
The poor have the least political influence
Medicare for all will never happen or it will happen for 6 months and the medical system will collapse
The poor have indirect political influence through all the virtue signaling liberals.
in other words, they are pawns and useful idiots, NPCs
Virtue signaling liberals have many annoying traits. One is detest for the poor. Not compassion or indifference but hate
I think the big assumption is that revenue must stay at 15-20% of GDP, tariffs won't cover that alone. But maybe a smaller government with less revenue is the direction the US is heading in.
Too early to know how Canada will react to the tariffs, I suspect things will just get more expensive in the coming months.